Mélange Travel & Lifestyle Magazine July 2018 | Page 324

GUADELOUPE
POPULATION
SIZE
403,750 (2014) 1,628 sq. kilometers
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE CAPITAL CITY
French
CURRENCY
Euro
(1 US dollar equals 0.897 Euros)
Events
JULY
Gwo-Ka Festival
This festival is one of the major
cultural events in Guadeloupe Islands
where the island’s traditional heritage
is visited with music. The Gwo-Ka (set
drums and its music) is an integral
apsect of Guadeloupe’s folk music
renditions.
Basse-Terre
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
270 C / 810 F
JULY
All Day in Music Festival
12 hours of non-stop music from
international and local DJs. A highly
anticipated electro/Caribbean summer
music event.
www.alldayinmusicfestival.com
JULY
International Zouk Festival
AUGUST
Festival of Female Cooks
Every August, for almost a century,
Guadeloupe Islands have been
honoring and celebrating female chefs
who aer considered to be the bastions
of Creole culinary traditions and are
known as known as “Professionals of
the Mouth.”.
Dressed in their traditional chef
clothing with headscarves and aprons
embroidered with their emblem, they
visit the Basilica of St Peter and St
Paul to have baskets of food, flowers
and cooking utensils blessed by the
clergy. Afterwards they walk through
the town to a large appreciative
celebration of dancing and dining.
Photo Credit: Guadeloupe Islands Tourist Board