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Carnival 2017!

So I'm one of those firm believers that NOTHING should be spoken of Carnival until the Christmas Season and all that it represents has had all the glory and honor that it deserves.  Now that we have given due praise to the birth of our Lord & Savior, I truly believe that we can slip into a season of celebration of music, color, food, life, and culture!

Bellisima Designs has created a glittering creation befitting of Ms. Flag Fantasy, and we are looking forward to flaunting it on the 2017 Carnival Circuit!

Let the festivities begin, and by all means, let the countdown begin ... Carnival is just around the corner, and coming to a city near you!

 

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2016 Miami Broward One Carnival!

Labor Day on the Parkway was a nice time.  Lots of color and costumes and cool Caribbean vibes for the West Indian American Day Parade!  Those who were careful enough to preserve their beads and feathers are now looking ahead to Miami Broward One Carnival which takes place over the Columbus Day Weekend (Thursday, October 6th through Monday, October 10th, 2016). 

Flag Fantasy is especially looking forward to that weekend to participate in the annual Carnival Pop Up Shop Miami, where a large number of vendors will be assembled at the Grand Café in Pembroke Pines, FL to provide last minute goods and services to the throngs of crowds converging on Miami for the Carnival that weekend.  Stop by to say hello and maybe pick up a FlagFan or 2 for you and your Crew to #RepOnDeRoad at the parade on Sunday! 

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Christmas to Carnival - St. Vincent & The Grenadines

So how do those in St. Vincent & The Grenadines celebrate Christmas?  With The Nine Mornings Festival! 

Excerpted from: 

http://discoversvg.com/index.php/en/whattodo/festivals-a-events/nine-mornings 

NINE MORNINGS FESTIVAL 

Nine Mornings is a unique Vincentian festivity associated with the Christmas season.  Nine Mornings before Christmas, Vincentians awake in the early hours of the morning and partake in a range of activities, among them sea baths, dances (or in local parlance, fetes), bicycle riding and street concerts.  In the rural areas, the final morning of the festivity usually ends with a steel band “jump-up”. 

 

The origins of this festivity are clouded in some mystery, although the original tradition relates it to the ‘novena’ of the Catholic Church on the nine days before Christmas.  It is believed that after the early morning church services of the Catholics, worshippers began walking the streets while others went for sea baths.   From this the popular Nine Mornings festivity emerged.  Although popular opinion has this practice as starting during the period of slavery, it was more likely to have been a post-emancipation practice. 

Don't forget ... our FlagFans make perfect stocking-stuffers for the Carnival Reveler on your list, so shop today!

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2015 Summer Wind Down

Dog Days of Summer & #Carnival Season heating up!  #BostonCarnival #NottingHillCarnival #LaborDayParade #NYCarnival #MiamiCarnival just around the corner!  #Costume ... check!  #Makeup ... check! #Hair&Nails ... check!  #FlagFan ... Shop NOW at www.FlagFantasy.com to get yours in time to #ShowYourColors !  Let our #Fans Cool & Caress you in the Heat of the Excitement on De Road! Discounts on purchases of 3 or more FlagFans. A Cool Necessity for You & Your Carnival Crew!  Tag us with photos & videos of you & your #Fans.

Have a Safe & Happy Carnival.

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2015 Emancipation Day

Excerpted from http://www.sebadamani.com/blog/happy-emancipation-day-nyc ...

Emancipation Day is a day that marks the ending of enslavement for many people of Afrikan descent. Emancipation Day is celebrated in many former British colonies in the Caribbean and areas of the United States on various dates in observance of the emancipation of enslaved people of African origin. The Slavery Abolition Act 1833 ended slavery in the British Empire on August 1, 1834 and throughout the Caribbean Emancipation Day is widely observed during the first week of August. In many Caribbean countries the Emancipation Day celebration is a part of Carnival, as the Caribbean Carnival takes place at this time (although Carnaval in Trinidad and Tobago takes place in February or March according to Ash Wednesday, not near August. In the U.S. different states have different days that they mark and celebrate Emancipation Day.

 

Emancipation Day 2015 from Flag Fantasy on Vimeo.

 

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Spring 2015 ... New Beginnings!

Spring is sprung , the grass is ris . I wonder where the Carnival is!  Yes indeed, a time of new beginnings!  The weather is finally turning around and warming up after a brutal winter.  Atlanta, Phoenix, Houston, Orlando & San Francisco are some of the first North American cities coming out of the starting gates on Memorial Weekend (May 23rd - May 25th) with their Caribbean Carnival presentations!

 

 

Flag Fantasy has also decided to renew itself with a new Spring lineup of FlagFans featuring countries like Haiti, Antigua, Grenada, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Colombia, Brazil & USA!  Cast your votes and let us know which flags appeal to you most so we can do our best to satisfy YOU!

 

 

Stay Calm and Stay Cool during the launch of the Spring North American Carnival Season! 

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