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Top 5 tips for jumping for Crop Over in Barbados

Its undeniable that Crop Over is the greatest summer festival around! It’s a time to throw all your stress and worries away as you party the entire summer away. Crop Over is a festival of colour, music, laughter, dancing and joy! So who wouldn’t want to enjoy...

Top 5 Events NOT to miss for Crop Over

So many events; so little time! Barbados is a buzz with jovial celebration, as the Crop Over season has entered the month of July and is currently in full swing. So what’s hot this season? Just about everything! It might seem a little overwhelming as our Crop...

Cohobblopot Crop Over Barbados

The Festival season is not complete without the red hot and spicy Cohobblopot! In Barbados, Cohobblopot is the most exciting and biggest stage show event of the Crop Over Season. It is held at Kensington...

Calypso in Barbados

It's a celebration here in Barbados. It's our Crop Over time and what's Crop Over without Calypso! You may be wondering what Calypso really is. The derivation of calypso rhythms were originated by the...

Kiddies Kadooment Crop Over Barbados

Who has the Festival Fever? I know we at Loop Barbados do. It's July and in a couple of weeks it will be Grand Kadooment! But first, The Junior Kadooment Parade (Kiddies Kadooment) takes place on 26th July 2014 at the National Stadium,Waterford, St.Michael at 9...

The history of crop over

It's Festival Fever time so we are starting off talking a little bit about the history of cropover, one of the Western World's oldest festivals. The Tradition of Crop Over, originally known as "harvest home" began in 1688 during the colonial period on sugar...

Joshua Wesson at the Barbados Food Wine and Rum Festival 2013

Kimberly and I were invited to some of the Barbados Food Wine and Rum Festival events and we must admit, our mouth’s were basically drooling before we could even get there.

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Cosumes on Crop-Over Jump Up

Kadooment Day is the culmination of the Crop Over Season, and is held on the first Monday of August. Kadooment is a Bajan word, and can be defined as “a big...

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