The FRC continues to promote our cultural heritage, with the celebration of Mwa Éwitaj Kwéyòl (Creole Heritage Month) 2023. Three communities were selected to host the year’s activities. In that historic year, where the FRC celebrated 50 years as a movement, and 40 years since the first celebration of Jounen Kwéyòl, we announced the 2023’s […]
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The Msgr. Patrick Anthony Folk Research Centre (FRC) will be hosting a group of thirteen cultural workers and researchers from the Caribbean Yard Campus (CYC) – Trinidad and Tobago, from August 24– August 31. They will be joined by five cultural workers from Martinique. The main purpose of their tour is to experience the rich
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A special commemorative issue of Lucian Kaiso Magazine, celebrating calypso, and the FRC’s 50th anniversary. The main purpose of this project is to publish a special commemorative issue of the landmark calypso magazine Lucian Kaiso. First published by the FRC in 1990, Lucian Kaiso has been regarded by the Saint Lucian public as the
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Lucian Kaiso is back! This landmark publication returned with a special 2023 edition to celebrate the Kaiso artform, and the 50th anniversary of the Monsignor Patrick Anthony Folk Research Centre. Copies are available from the Folk Research Centre, Barnard Hill, Castries. Price: XCD$ 50.00
FRC celebrates 50 years as an organization and here is our story. The Monsignor Patrick Anthony Folk Research Centre (FRC) distinguishes itself as a Saint Lucian and Caribbean treasure, for its invaluable role as a movement and organisation created for the celebration, preservation and advancement of the Saint Lucian identity and culture. This is illustrated
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FRC congratulates the 21 graduates who completed our special Kwéyòl Literacy program “ Pojé Liékwi an Monchi èk Gozilé”. On 3rd June 2023, twenty-one Saint Lucians graduated from the Monsignor Patrick Anthony Folk Research Centre’s special Kwéyòl Literacy program “ Pojé Liékwi an Monchi èk Gozilé” held at the Gros-Islet Primary School. This training is
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The Msgr. Patrick Anthony Folk Research Centre continues to work towards its vision of promoting the role of culture as the centre of national development. Following the global push towards sustainability, the FRC undertook a project, funded primarily by the Global Environment Facility (GEF), with co-funding from the World Association of Christian Communication (WACC),
A project focusing on the protection and preservation of the undersea ecosystem. A project by the Agro-ecological Caribbean Network (ARECNE) and Caribbean Grassroots Organizations in response to Global Warming in collaboration with WACC Global & the Folk Research Centre (FRC) Inc., Saint Lucia. (Read more) Saint Lucia, like most island states, is dependent on two
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Publication of the commemorative poetry collection entitled “IKONS: New and Selected Poems” by John Robert Lee The main purpose of this project is to publish a poetry collection entitled IKONS by the celebrated Saint Lucian poet John Robert Lee. Robert Lee’s poetry chronicles the changing historical and cultural landscape of Saint Lucia, and in
The FRC is in the early planning stages to convert the late Dame Marie Selipha ‘Sesenne’ Descarte’s former dwelling house into a folk museum, to be known as the La Plas Sesenne Museum.This concept arises out of FRC’s revitalization initiative, FRC Vivan, following the devastating March 25th 2018, fire at Mount Pleasant, which completely destroyed
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