The Christmas moods follow one another and are not alike on the Lakaz’art stage. RCI, with the support of the Guadeloupe Region and private partners, allows Guadeloupeans, in this particular year, to continue to experience the chanté nwèl, but differently, thanks to the internet. The best Christmas groups in the archipelago have agreed to play the game and this Saturday at 8:30 p.m., it is Kasika who demonstrates that the Covid-19 is not right in the Christmas tradition.
Kasika, an association rooted in its neighborhood
Created in 1986 in Fonds-Cacao in Capesterre Belle Eau, Kasika is a cultural association whose name Kasika links it directly to the Ka drum. In Creole, Kasika is a ka over another Ka. The adventure begins in the heart of the district with about fifty people. A small dance group made up of young girls animates the various party podiums. Kasika also organizes local cultural and sporting events, in order to animate the Fund-Cocoa section during the year. Social actions are also carried out for young people in precarious situations or the long-term unemployed.
Carnival …
The Fonds-Cacao district of Capesterre Belle Eau has seen many musicians succeed one another from generation to generation. Kasika feeds a lot on this heritage. Since its creation in 1986, the Carnival section, which includes more than 150 members, musicians and dancers, has participated in the various parades organized in the municipalities during the festive period from January 1 to Ash Wednesday. Kasika was also crowned respectively Best group of Guadeloupe at the largest competition organized in Basse-Terre for Mardi Gras in 2000 (Master Magister 2000), 2nd in 2001 and 2002, Best music in 2003 and again Primarius magister in 2005, Best group of the parade.
… to sung nwèl
The Chanté Noël / Biguine Traditionnelle section, set up in 1996 and made up of around thirty musicians and choristers, animates the chanté nwel from the first weekend of Advent until December 23. Likewise, this section, through a repertoire of biguine, animates the evenings and podiums of a traditional nature. Since 2000, Kasika has been organizing a great chanté nwèl at the Baie-Mahault velodrome which brings together nearly 12,000 people. In the 2000s, the group exported the chanté nwèl to Paris, on the Zenith stage but also in several cities of Ile-de France like Sarcelles, Stains, Grigny, Asnières, Clichy or Saint Denis.
Chanté nwel “on line”: ask for the program
Rendezvous with Kasika at 8:30 p.m. on RCI’s antenna and on the facebook pages RCI, Call Radio and the Guadeloupe region.
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