• Will celebrate drums across the Caribbean The pulsating sounds of African drumming, the ritualistic chants of a Kumina session, bodies swaying in the cool St. Ann night air and the wonderful smells of freshly brewed coffee and Jamaican chocolate filling the air are just some of the features of the annual Emancipation Jubilee celebrations [...]

It was quite a sight to behold. The director of Culture in the Ministry of Tourism, Entertainment and Culture laid low by a senior citizen who had him well and truly 'whupped' as they danced to the pulsating rhythms of the drums accompanied by some serious traditional music from the St. Ann Senior Cultural group. [...]

Will celebrate drums across the Caribbean The pulsating sounds of African drumming, the ritualistic chants of a Kumina session, bodies swaying in the cool St. Ann night air and the wonderful smells of freshly brewed coffee and Jamaican chocolate filling the air are just some of the features of the annual Emancipation Jubilee celebrations at [...]

Criteria & Guidelines for Entry DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: May 30, 2006 To mark the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the trans-Atlantic Trade in Enslaved Africans, the Jamaica National Bicentenary Planning Committee has launched a logo competition. The winning Logo should reflect the official slogan for the year -  “Our Freedom Journey … Honouring our [...]

The Jamaica National Heritage Trust (JNHT) has launched a competition to design a monument in honour of the Most Hon. Hugh Shearer, former Prime Minister. The monument will be built outside the shrine of Heroes Park, next to those of former Prime Ministers Michael Manley and Sir Donald Sangster. The design competition opens on March [...]

On Monday, February 6, 2006 the Jamaica National Heritage Trust (JNHT) marked the 61st anniversary of the birth of reggae icon Hon. Robert Nesta Marley, by unveiling a plaque that designated the Museum in his honour at 56 Hope Road, a Protected National Heritage site. The museum occupies the home where the reggae legend once [...]

Jamaica National Heritage Trust through its Seville Heritage Park property in St. Ann has started a series of exhibitions at Sunset Jamaica Grande depicting various aspects of the Jamaican cultures. This exercise will bring Jamaica�s rich cultural heritage closer to the visitors that come to our shores. It will allow for a deeper understanding of [...]

THE JAMAICA National Heritage Trust (JNHT) has a new executive director. She is Mrs. Laleta Davis-Mattis, formerly of the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA). Mrs. Davis-Mattis has a masters degree in marine management from Dalhouse University, Nova Scotia, Canada and degrees in law and mass communication from the University of the West Indies. She [...]

Approximately 600 students and members of staff from Lynn University in Boca Raton, Florida, will tour Seville Heritage Park in St. Ann on January 12, 2006. The students will be in Jamaica as part of an academic adventure by the university, organized locally by Jamaica Tours. This is the second straight year that the students [...]