FRC project for the indigenisation and popularisation of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in St. Lucia. The project, funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF), aimed to translate the SDGs to the local language, Kwéyòl, and the local context, and popularise them in order to promote efforts towards sustainable development. The processes involved in […]
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The FRC celebrates and remembers Dame Marie Selipha ‘Sesenne’ Descartes (28th March 1914 – 2010) Saint Lucia’s Queen of Folk Culture and National Cultural Hero on the 109th anniversary of her birth.
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The project was developed by the FRC and received funding support from the WACC. The main purpose of the project is to build capacity of Kwéyòl language users to utilize the Kwéyòl language in social media discussions, blogs and web posts on a wide range of matters related to sustainable development, community action and national
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On 25th March 2018 a massive fire ravaged the FRC’s home at Mount Pleasant destroying over 40 years of documented Saint Lucian history, artifacts and invaluable resources. Five years onwards the FRC perseveres despite multiple challenges.
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Dominican cultural activist and artist Alwin Bully, died on March 10th in his home island of Dominica, after several years battling debilitating Parkinson’s. He was born November 23rd 1948. He was well-known in Saint Lucia in theatre and literature circles. He had also been very involved for many years in the preservation and development of
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All members of the public were invited to participate in a koudmen organised to commemorate the 5th anniversary of the FRC fire which ravaged our home at Mount Pleasant. This initiative, which was scheduled to take place on Saturday 18th March 2023, was geared at revitalizing the FRC site, underscoring the importance of the FRC’s
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The Masquerade Project was a summer programme for kids in collaboration with the KiddiCrew Summer Programme. It was coordinated by June King-Frederick, who was a part-sponsor and host of the workshop in Traditional Masquerade Costume-making. Approximately 50 kidslearnt the skill of making masquerade hats, and produced hats which were subsequently used for performances, and as
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In observance of International Women’s Day the Monsignor Patrick Anthony Folk Research Centre wishes to recognise some of the outstanding women in the development of culture in Saint Lucia
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The redevelopment effort to re-establish the FRC’s headquarters destroyed by a mysterious fire in 2018, has commenced. Preliminary architectural drawings have been presented to the FRC membership. The Monsignor Patrick Anthony Folk Research Centre was housed on one acre of land at Mount Pleasant. The building was first constructed in the 1900’s and consisted of
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The members of the Msgr. Patrick Anthony Folk Research Centre (FRC) learned of the passing of Yves Renard. He was insightful, down-to-earth, and generous. He will remembered for his sincerity, passion, and dedication to the communities he served, locally in Labourie, in the Caribbean, and globally. Renard is renowned in the Caribbean and globally for
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