As wiki states it perfectly: The Gombay Festival celebrates the the island’s blend of African, indigenous, Caribbean and British cultures, incorporating them over time into a unique performance art full of colorful and intricate masquerade, dance and drumming.
Gombeys were not viewed as a respectable art form by the island's ruling class and were banned by the slave masters. Slaves were allowed to dance only once a year and did so in masks in order to protest, without fear of retribution, the injustices done them by their slave masters.
The age of the dancers ranged from 4-74 years old! Along with beautiful dancing and drumming there was a variety of tents set up selling food and souvenirs. Keeley and I got butterfly face paint!
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| A line of Gombay Dancers |
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| Some young dancers waiting for their turn to show their moves |
Then the group went to a cool bar in Hamilton.
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