In collaboration with “Fluffy Mas Band” for the 2024 Houston Caribbean Festival

Presents

“ANCESTRALE”

Among the tropical rainforests of the Caribbean island nations lie the indigenous inhabitants of the land…

They are the Arawak… They are the Kalinago…

Slavery did not define us as we laid our roots from the Motherland on these nations.

As we united together, we overcame defeat and flourished our legacy.

In the town market you see a madame wearing her madras head wrap singing a creole song…

Near the sea you hear the blow of the conch shell…

During carnival you “chip” to the “Lapo Kabwit” drum beat…

The Sensay dances by proudly with bull horns…

“NOU PAKA JANME OBLIYE EPE` NOUS KE KONTINYE ONORE VIEUX MOUNE NOU”

(“WE WILL NEVER FORGET AND WILL CONTINUE TO HONOR OUR ANCESTORS”)