En Martinica, un afloramiento rocoso en el mar frente a Fort de France fue utilizado por los británicos como "buque de guerra" en un fallido intento por expulsar a los franceses. Aún hoy recibe el nombre de HMS Diamond Rock.
The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) declared 2019 the Year of Caribbean Festivals and while each destination is unique and attractive in its own right, they particularly offer a pace that cannot be repeated anywhere else.
These festivities include the Carifesta 2019 Caribbean Festival - a multicultural event held every three or four years and with a rotating venue - from August 16 to 25 and hosted by Barbados under the slogan "Tangible and Intangible: connect, share and invest".
It is also worth mentioning the Jamaican Reggae Sumfest music festival, which has been rated the Best Reggae Show on the Planet, and will last 8 days this year with an open call to thousands of fans around the world, fanatics of this authentic Jamaican rhythm.
The Dominican Republic has among the most important, besides Carnival, the Merengue festivals of Santo Domingo and Puerto Plata.
Belize organizes the annual Sidewalk Art Festival of Placencia; Curacao, the Curacao International Film Festival, while the Cayman Islands hosts the Orchid Festival.
Cuba celebrates the international festivals Jazz Plaza, Salsa, Fiesta del Tambor, Romerías de Mayo y el Caribe or Fiesta del Fuego, which is dedicated each year to a different Caribbean country.
These are just a few of the festivities, which include folkloric, musical, dance, artistic, literary, gastronomic and other manifestations of Caribbean culture by 2019.
En Martinica, un afloramiento rocoso en el mar frente a Fort de France fue utilizado por los británicos como "buque de guerra" en un fallido intento por expulsar a los franceses. Aún hoy recibe el nombre de HMS Diamond Rock.
