If Virgin Islands traditions were still followed today, dating would be a family matter and couples would have precious little privacy, storyteller Elmore Stoutt told students at the BVI Technical and Vocational Institute on Tuesday.
Mr. Stoutt, the school’s principal, was taking part in one of many activities for Culture Week, which is being observed under the theme “Reaching into the Past to Cultivate our Future.”
The week kicked off on Monday morning with fungi music and other traditional activities at the Elmore Stoutt High School.
It is to continue with a cultural parade scheduled to start at Virgin Gorda’s Catholic Community Centre at 10 a.m. Thursday.
Another cultural parade through Road Town is scheduled to start at 1 p.m. at the 1780 Lower Estate Sugar Works Museum on Saturday. The procession is to end at the Noel Lloyd Positive Action Movement Park, where a lunchtime food fair will be in progress.
The week will end with the Fungi Blowout, scheduled to start at 7 p.m. at the Noel Lloyd Positive Action Movement Park.
See the Nov. 15, 2012 edition for full coverage.
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