S-"Light" Impressions of a Few Calabash Fests of Old:

The images can be viewed in the Photo Gallery as:

• ZED Calabash-A-Muses

Rebecca and others have well documented the morning-to-night events of past Calabash readings; movies; the Midnight CalaClashments with Mutabaruka & Colin; beach parties, food; the myriad events; and musical sets (ahh! Wayne Armond, Ibo Cooper, Steve Golding, Seretse Small & guest-full of artists) to wrap-up.

Those special moments can be re-visited in the Photo Gallery.
These photos merely fill in some of the wispy cracks.

"Calabash is a festival in the truest sense — earthy, inspirational, daring and diverse."

...the greatest little festival in the greatest little village in the greatest little country in the world. Colin Channer


" ... Calabash is a high-grade international event in which writing from the Americas, Europe, Africa and Asia forms a thought-provoking mosaic of story, history and mythology."
The Independent on Sunday

"Calabash is far and away the best literary festival I've ever attended or participated in. Never mind the incredible beauty of the place overlooking the Caribbean, the family atmosphere, the music, the great international mix of poets and storytellers, and the disciplined organization of the people running things—the Calabash audiences are huge and welcoming, and the writers get to use the best sound system they'll ever read through again."
Russell Banks, novelist

"Calabash is a unique literary festival, the only one of its kind in the Caribbean, with an impressive range of local and international writers... The sun, the sea, the music, the food, the ambience, the readings—it was very rewarding."
Linton Kwesi Johnson, poet

“… a mini-Woodstock on the Caribbean … a world-class Caribbean literary festival … ”
The New York Times

www.calabashfestival.org/2010/index.htm

**The poems quoted in the folio, MBUBU (By Chris Abani) and Calabash Sestina (by Daniel Wideman) are presented here for educational purposes only...they are from the collection, So Much Things To Say: 100 Calabash Poets (edited by Kwame Dawes & Colin Channer)

www.akashicbooks.com/somuchthings.htm

Thanks for sharing! My favorites are 25 and 48. They made me smile.