The African Cultural Development Association and the Coalition of the 1823 Parade Ground Monument on Sunday held the first Kreole Day at Parade Ground, featuring displays of traditional skills and craft lost to modernisation among generations.
The stalls at the event had displays of jewellery made of coconut shells, tie-dye fabric, and foods like buns, conkie and salara.
Speaking to Stabroek News yesterday, Barrington Braithwaite said that the idea behind the event was to reclaim those cottage industries and small businesses which have been lost over the years.
He said that these professions include those of seamstresses, basket weavers, joiners, and the art of crochet. “These occupations paid for the school uniforms and books for the children,” Braithwaithe said.
“Years ago we had ginger beer sellers… people supplemented themselves by baking bread.
There were also cobblers and doll makers,” he said.
