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Folklife Collection - Customs and Culture. . . British Virgin Islands Style

1 folder (0.1 linear feet)

(1992)

Edward H. Nabb Center for Delmarva History and Culture, Salisbury, University, Salisbury, Maryland

Identifier FK92.051
Creator(s) Salisbury University Students
Acquisition

The Folklife Collection at the Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture was transferred by Dr. Polly Stewart, English Department, Salisbury University.
Language(s) English
Use Records are open for research. Copyright, including literary rights, belongs to the author(s) or their legal heirs. Permission to publish or reproduce must be obtained from the Nabb Research Center which extends beyond "fair use."
Preferred Citation "Item, collection title and identifier, box # and folder # (if applicable), Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture, Salisbury University, Salisbury, Maryland."
Attribution Finding aid written by Laura Ramamonjiarisoa, August, 2019.
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Abstract

In 1992, former Salisbury University student Alicia Burke collected folk material. Her collection examines the changes in culture and tradition in the British Virgin Islands and how they reflect in their annual festival that celebrates the emancipation from slavery in August 1834. The paper describes the festival in modern days. Her informant, Mrs. Walters, noted that young people enjoyed the partying and forgot why the festival came about at the first place. As a result, what used to be a day of celebration lasted two weeks.

Scope and Content Note

Materials within the Folklife Collection are for research use only – names of students and the interviewed subject(s) may not be published without the explicit permission of the Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture at Salisbury University. 

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Subject Terms

  • Topical Terms
    • Folklife - Customs and Traditions
  • Personal Names
    • Burke, Alicia
  • Location Terms
    • Folklife - British Virgin Islands

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