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Special envoy, Belen de los Santos, brings us the latest information of the carnival season in the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. teleSUR

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00:00And we go with our special Ed Boy Belen de los Santos at this hour who has
00:04all the latest informations on this carnival season in San Vincent and the Granadines High Vale.
00:09What can you share with us at this hour?
00:13Hello Aleph, it's a pleasure to greet you this night. It's an interesting night here in
00:19Kingston. You were just saying that the streets were filled with colorful costumes and precisely
00:26right now we are aware those are being made. This is the band camp for the band Blondiebird and Friends.
00:36One of the bands that are going to be performing and presenting their costumes during the events in
00:42the coming days. This is a day of preparation here in San Vincent and the Grenadines because we know
00:49that Vincent is already underway but the main events are happening this weekend and particularly
00:56ending with Monday and Tuesday and the main celebrations the Mardi Gras carnival celebration
01:04on Tuesday. So everything is getting ready and as you see behind me these are the costumes that the
01:10bands are preparing. We've been talking to the different men and women children also involved in
01:17this process and today many of them are highlighting the importance of the artisanal work that goes into
01:25the celebration of tradition, of heritage, of recovering and highlighting the identity of San
01:33Vincent and the Grenadines. All the different components of this very diverse and colorful culture.
01:40So this is what's happening today but before we go let's hear a little bit more about what happened
01:46yesterday when the younger boys and girls were performing their shows of their Calypso songs. Also another
01:54important component of this carnival here in San Vincent and the Grenadines. So we will part with that right
02:01now we go back to studios but let's see this material.

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