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  2. Saint Lucian Creole - Wikipedia

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    Saint Lucian Creole (Kwéyòl [kwejɔl]) is a French-based creole language that is widely spoken in Saint Lucia. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is the vernacular language of the country and is spoken alongside the official language of English .

  3. Jounen Kwéyòl - Wikipedia

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    Jounen Kwéyòl (Creole Day) is celebrated in the Caribbean islands of Dominica and Saint Lucia, on the last Friday of October and the last Sunday of October respectively and has been held annually since 1984. Throughout the preceding week, the various towns on both islands host cultural events and festivals which showcase different elements of ...

  4. Culture of Saint Lucia - Wikipedia

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    Dr The Honourable Bongskie Agno, renowned St. Lucian artist, was knighted in the 2009/2010 New Year's honours list, for his services to art. The investiture ceremony was held on 9 April 2010, at Government House where the Governor General on the advice of Her Majesty the Queen, invested Sir Dunstan St. Omer with the Insignia of a Knight ...

  5. List of pidgins, creoles, mixed languages and cants based on ...

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    Antillean Creole is a language spoken primarily in the francophone (and some of the anglophone) Lesser Antilles, such as Martinique, Guadeloupe, Îles des Saintes, Dominica, St. Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago and many other smaller islands. Dominican Creole French; Grenadian Creole French; Saint Lucian Creole French. San Miguel Creole French (in ...

  6. Saint Lucia - Wikipedia

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    Saint Lucia is one of two sovereign states in the world named after a female [16] and is the only one named after a woman (Ireland is named after a goddess). Legend states that French sailors were shipwrecked on the island on 13 December, the feast day of St. Lucy, and therefore named the island in her honour. [17]

  7. Languages of the Caribbean - Wikipedia

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    The languages of the Caribbean reflect the region's diverse history and culture. There are six official languages spoken in the Caribbean: . Spanish (official language of Cuba, Dominican Republic, Panama, Puerto Rico, Bay Islands (Honduras), Corn Islands (Nicaragua), Isla Cozumel, Isla Mujeres (Mexico), Nueva Esparta (Venezuela), the Federal Dependencies of Venezuela and San Andrés ...

  8. Category:Languages of Saint Lucia - Wikipedia

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    About Wikipedia; Contact us; Contribute Help; ... Pages in category "Languages of Saint Lucia" ... Saint Lucian Creole

  9. Societies of Saint Lucia - Wikipedia

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    The societies (societés) of Saint Lucia are two historic associations on the Antillean island country of Saint Lucia, La Woz ("The Rose") and La Magwit ("The Marguerite"). Ostensibly based around singing the virtues of the rose and globosa flowers, the societies are intense rivals, and their membership includes most of the population of the ...