After a considerable absence, Carolling, the much-anticipated event on the Christmas Season Calendar of SVG, returns during the Nine Nights of Lights event.
Times and seasons do change. Long ago Christmas officially began wid Nine Mornings. In SVG we have two versions of Nine Mornings, dey’s de Novena, from de Latin word foh Nine; an original Catholic Feast dat consists of nine consecutive days of early morning Mass, “Prayers in petition for ah favour.” And den dey’s de Vincy Cultural Nine Mornings Festival, which is unique to SVG. Nobody as yet has been …
It started since last month with Christmas music being played on the radio stations, but officially the 2022 Christmas season kicked off with the launch of the popular “Nine Mornings” festival last Sunday evening at the temporarily renamed “Christmas Village” at Heritage Square.
by CHRISTINA SMITH KINGSTOWNWAS overflowing with the Christmas spirit for the official launch of the 2022 National Lotteries Christmas Nine Mornings Festival over the weekend. After a scaled back version of the festival in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the young, old and in-between came out to the capital, Kingstown on Sunday, December 4, for the street parade and launch. [caption id="attachment 161621" align="alignnone" width="1024"] A SECTION OF the large …