CROP OVER WATER could have been made anywhere and by anyone.
That is because the two words most commonly used to brand Barbados’ biggest cultural event are not registered.
The National Cultural Foundation’s (NCF) chief executive officer Cranston Browne told the DAILY NATION that the NCF was told by the Corporate Affairs Department that it was not possible to register the words Crop Over.
This being so, the NCF was powerless to stop the production of Crop Over Water in Trinidad or any other country.
“We were told we can’t do it. It had to be done as Crop Over Festival, in a particular font and in a particular way. That’s what we have registered, but the two words saying ‘Crop Over’ can’t be registered,” Browne explained. (AD)
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