In Barbados (and in many other Caribbean countries and Bermuda) Good Friday means Jesus and kite flying.
Here is where you can find some photos from 2002 at Vaucluse… courtesy of JustBajan.com…
And as for Robert, Shona and Marcus…
We are gone for the day. See you tomorrow!
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April 15, 2006 at 4:37 pm
[...] The Easter Weekend in the Caribbean arrives at the height of the dry season, with gorgeous weather and Christian traditions conspiring to make it a time both solemn and fun-filled. A popular Easter weekend activity is kite-flying, and a number of bloggers did just that on Good Friday. Barbados Free Press took the day off, leaving readers with a photo of a spectacular mad bull kite and a link to the lovely photo essay at JustBajan.com about the kite-flying festival at Vaucluse, St. Thomas a few years back. Among the impressive creations featured at that event were a massive mad bull emblazoned with the face of Osama Bin Laden and another featuring Barbadian Olympic sprinter Obadele Thompson. Bin Laden ready for flight in Barbados. From JustBajan.com [...]
August 6, 2006 at 3:32 pm
Good morning,
Nice Bajan Blog!!!
I was just reading the article on kite flying and it really brought back lots of memories when I was a young boy living in Barbados.
I was born there 22 years ago, and now I live in Boston, MA. I’ve forgotten how to make on of these bowed singing kites with the “mad bull.”
Can you help me find someone in Barbados who has plans on how to make these kites? Thank you so much.
Don
January 18, 2007 at 9:29 pm
I am from barbados I make those kites all the time I live here in boston I am 29 years old. Email me back so I can help you if you still need help?
October 10, 2007 at 1:50 pm
I am looking for my friend Sean Wilson a Guyanese who now livies in Barbados can u help me find him please.
January 4, 2009 at 10:02 am
Quince please could you also email me the mad bull plans. i have a little boy who loves them and i haven’t got a clue where to begin many thanks, ria
April 16, 2009 at 2:35 am
check this out i will make you two for twenty dollars .i will make you a circle one and a square one write back and let me know if you want me to make them for your little man