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STRENGTHENING
CULTURAL IDENTITY THROUGH THE SIV YOUTH FORUM
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Kwéyòl
March in Dominica, 2005 (Photos Jahisiah Benoit)
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In
January 2006, students from the Small Islands Voice Club at the
Goodwill Secondary School submitted an article for the SIV Youth
Forum about their efforts to preserve their Creole
culture (with username view and password only). There followed
an interesting exchange with students from the Seychelles describing
different aspects of their Creole culture and culminated with
a request from Dominica: 'It would be great if we could establish
an exchange program to experience and learn from our two festivals
and enrich those of our nations when we return home'.
Through
Youth Visioning for Island Living (www.youthvisoning.org),
this exchange is scheduled for October-November 2006, when a youth
from Dominica travels to Seychelles to learn about their Creole
festival and then shares the findings with peers at home. A youth
from Seychelles travels to Dominica with the same objective.
It
is anticipated that these exchanges will lead to a strengthening
of the Creole cultures in the two islands and particularly the
involvement of youth.
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