IT’S COSTING Government about $6 million to stage CARIFESTA XIII later this year.
But Minister of Culture Stephen Lashley says the price tag associated with the regional cultural festival should be seen in the context of the economic returns the cultural industries could provide the island.
Lashley was speaking at a press conference to announce Government’s plans for the staging of the festival from August 17 to 27. Barbados last staged CARIFESTA in 1981.
“When we talk about the investment in CARIFESTA, oftentimes people miss what we are talking about,” he told members of the media yesterday. (HLE)
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