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Carnival in Seychelles gets 'thumbs up' by Indian Ocean Vanilla Islands

Carnival in Seychelles gets 'thumbs up' by Indian Ocean Vanilla Islands

Date: 2016-01-22
The 6th Edition of the Seychelles Carnival International de Victoria will be held from the 22 to the 24 April, and this cultural event falls in the calendar of events of the Indian Ocean Vanilla Islands.

Every year each island of the Indian Ocean stages a cultural event that appears on the organisation's official calendar of events and for the Seychelles it is their annual Carnival International de Victoria.

This carnival remains unique because it is the only carnival where all the best and most popular carnivals of the world parade together and followed by cultural troupes from the Community of Nations. When he was opening the 2014 edition of that unique carnival, Alain St.Ange, the Seychelles Minister responsible for Tourism and Culture had said:"You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will live as one". Minister St.Ange was using the words of the late great musician John Lennon, in the presence of Seychelles President James Michel and the many Ministers and Tourism leaders from participating countries as he appealed to the World of Tourism to understand the need to stand together.

This mid-ocean carnival in the tropics has grown in size,it has grown to become the single biggest event staged in Seychelles, it has grown in number of participating delegations, it has grown in the number of International Press who fly to Seychelles to cover the tropical carnival of the Indian Ocean Vanilla Islands.

Minister Alain St.Ange, moved away from only selling Seychelles using sun, sea and sand, even though the world at large knows that they probably have the very best for such holidays. They moved to be an events based destination, and one where our culture would be given its rightful place, and in so doing position the people of the islands at the centre of our country's marketing. "Our culture has our very own and unique DNA" Minister St.Ange says at every carnival in Seychelles.

Through this "Carnival of Carnivals," Minister Alain St.Ange of the Seychelles has no doubt embarked on a global multicultural movement where people can capture the spirit of internationalism to gain a better understanding and appreciation of another country's culture. Seychelles Carnival has captured the interest of leaders, tourism officials and travellers alike from the world over.

As word spreads near and far among VIPs, media sources and curious tourists, the carnival has continued to get more popular each year. St.Ange has been able to successfully devise an ingenious way to propel people and nations to come together under one accord.