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JANUARY 2012
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06/01
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Epiphany or "fête des Rois"
The dinner is culminating in the serving of a traditional cake "galette des Rois" when a King is alloted
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JANUARY
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Beginning of the Carnival season lasting until Lent, at week-ends the carnival associations rehearse in the streets
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27/01-04/02
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FEMI 2012, 18th International Caribbean Movie Festival of Guadeloupe. Long and short films, conferences. Festival village. |
FEBRUARY 2012
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18-21/02
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Carnival Days until Shrove Tuesday: Carnival is at height of frenzy, all business stops for 5 days, big parades of float, costumed groups fill the streets singing and dancing
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22/02
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Ash Wednesday: at a night parade, "Grand Brilé Vaval" (burning of King Carnival "Vaval") on a funeral pyre. Only in the F.W.I. Carnival lasts through Ash Wednesday
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29/02-10/03
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Les Nuits Caraïbes, 10th edition of the festival of classical music, Tel: 0690 61 94 04 or 0590 98 10 09
Martinique - Guadeloupe, various places - St Barth - St Martin
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MARCH 2012
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15/03
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Mid-Lent - a day of carnival in lent. Holiday
Parades in black and red disguises
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29/03-01/04
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7th KARUJET – World Championship JetSki. Beach Viard, Petit-Bourg.
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APRIL 2012
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April
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Celebration of the Sea in Saint François
Information: Tourism Bureau, Tel.: 05.90.88.72.54
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April
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End of the cockfight season
Informations: Office du Tourisme, Tel.: ++590-82.09.30
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06-09/04
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Easter - traditional picnics on the beach
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08-09/04
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Fair of crabs in Morne à l'Eau
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08-09/04
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Fair of goats on Desirade
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07-15/04
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13. GUADARUN, Adventureraid - 6 Islands – 6 legs
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MAY 2012
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01/05
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Labour Day. Holiday
Workers' pararades
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03/05
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Saint Patron's Day in Vieux-Habitants (Saint Joseph)
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03/05
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Saint Patron's Day in Petit-Canal (Saint Philipp/Saint Jacques)
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08/05
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Victoire (Victory) 1945
national holiday
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17/05
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Ascension Thursday. Holiday
Traditional picnics at the beach
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25-28/05
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Terre de Blues - International Music Festival in Marie-Galante
- Information
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27-28/05
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Pentcost Holiday
Traditional picnics at the beach
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27/05
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Slavery abolition Day. Holiday
Events all over the archipelago
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JUNE 2012
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03/06
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Mother's Day
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09/06
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11th Volcano Trail, international run in the Soufrière mountains
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21/06
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Day of Music
A cloud of music all over the Archipelago
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24/06
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St. Patron's Day in Baie-Mahault (St. Jean Baptiste)
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24/06
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St. Patron's Day in Moule (St. Jean Baptiste)
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27/06-01/07
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Bicycle Tour of Marie Galante
- Informations
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29/06
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St. Patron's Day in Deshaies (St. Pierre et St. Paul)
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JULY 2012
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01/07-31/08
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FESTIVAL GUADELOUPE, annual summer event
(Gastronomy, Music, Folklore)
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July
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Forum of Arts, Crafts and Folklore in Sainte Anne
Informations: OMCS, Tel: 0590-88.12.16
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July
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Gwo-Ka (traditional drums) festival in Sainte Anne
Informations: OMCS, Tel: 0590-88.12.16
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06/07
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St. Patron's Day in Port-Louis (Notre Dame des 7 douleurs)
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14/07
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Bastille Day. Holiday. Fireworks
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21/07
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Holiday Victor Schoelcher
(highly contributed to the abolition of slavery in 1848)
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22-29/07
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International Festival of Zouk in Guadeloupe
events and concerts throughout the archipelago
Infotel: 0590 241 968
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26/07
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St. Patron's Day in Goyave (Sainte Anne)
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26/07
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St. Patron's in Sainte Anne (Sainte Anne)
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26/07
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St. Patron's Day in Capesterre de Marie-Galante (Sainte Anne)
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AUGUST 2012
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03-12/08
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Tour of Guadeloupe - International bicycle race
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August
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Miss Guadeloupe Beauty Contest
Information: 05.90.90.20.76
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August
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Festival of Traditional Music in Moule
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11/08
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Cooks' Festival: the women cooks, to honour their Saint Lawrence, bring baskets full of food to the cathedral, then parade through the city. Follows a banquet with dance that you may attend.
Information: Maison des cuisinières Tel.: 05.90.91.22.75
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15/08
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Assumption Day, Holiday
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14-15/08
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Fishermens' Days, Marina of Saint François
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15/08
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Day of the Patron and Fishers' Day at the Saintes, Terre-de-Haut
Mass for the fishermen, procession, benediction of the sea
Informations: Town Hall Terre-de-Haut, Tel.: 05.90.99.53.12
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15/08
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Saint Patron's Day in Grand Bourg at Marie-Galante
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15/08
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Saint Patron's Day in Pointe-Noire (Notre Dame de Bon Port)
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15/08
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Saint Patron's Day in Trois-Rivières
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15/08
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Saint Patron's Day on Desirade
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15/08
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Saint Patron's Day in Petit Bourg
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17/08
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Saint Patron's Day in Capesterre-Belle-Eau (Saint Hyacinthe)
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23/08
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Saint Patron's Day in Sainte-Rose (Sainte Rose de Lima)
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24/08
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St. Patron's Day on Saint Bartholomew
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25/08
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St. Patron's Day in Gosier (Saint Louis)
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25/08
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St. Patron's Day in Bouillante (Saint Louis)
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25/08
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St. Patron's Day in Saint-Louis at Marie-Galante (Saint Louis)
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28/08
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St. Patron's Day in Saint-Claude (Saint Augustin)
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OCTOBER 2012
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04/10
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St. Patron's Days Saint-François
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04/10
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St. Patron's Day in Basse-Terre, district St François (Saint François)
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09/10
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St. Patron's Day in Anse Bertrand (Saint Denis)
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15/10
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St. Patron's Day in Basse-Terre, district Ste Thérèse (Ste Thérèse)
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NOVEMBER 2012
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Nov.-April
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Cockfight season
Information: Office du Tourisme Tel.: 05.90.82.09.30
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01-02//11
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All Saints Day, All Souls' Day, Holidays
Cemeteries are illuminated by thousands of candlelights
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08-11/11
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Gwadloup' Festival
Caribbean Music on small and big stages, and OFF, throughout the archipelago
Information: 05 90 68 37 71
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11/11
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Armistice Day, public holiday, parades
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11/11
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Saint Patron's Day in Gourbeyre (Saint Charles)
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11/11
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Saint Patron's Days of Saint-Martin, Grand-Case
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22/11
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Day of Music - to honour the patron of musicians, Saint Caecilia
Concerts in the streets and the churches
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30/11
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Saint Patron's Day in Morne-à-l'Eau (Saint André)
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DECEMBER 2012
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December
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Chanté Noël
Traditional Christmas Choirs in churches, on village squares....
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December
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Feast of Pointe-a-Pitre's districts
Concerts, street entertainments
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06/12
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Santa Claus' Day in Terre-de-Bas / Les Saintes
To honour the Saint of the city: Sailors' mass, Procession, Benediction of the sea
Infotel: 05.90.99.82.27 (city hall Terre-de-Bas)
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08/12
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Day of women merchants in Abymes (Immaculate Conception)
Procession of the women merchants
Infotel: 05.90.20.26.89 Tourist Bureau of Abymes
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10-16/12
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Pointe-à-Pitre Îlojazz Festival
Free concerts in Abymes and on the Place de la victoire Pointe-à-Pitre
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24/12
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Christmas Eve
Traditional dishes: Rice and beans, blood sausages, pork colombo.
Midnight Mass (with Creole carols in some churches)
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28/12
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Young Saints Day
Traditional Masses for children, who are allowed to bring their Christmas gifts to church
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31/12
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New Year's Eve, end of
Dining and dancing, many events till New Year's morning
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