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Trelawny Yam Festival
Ever been to a yam festival? Well, if you’re visiting Jamaica
in March you’re in for a real treat. As the Easter Holiday
nears, so begins the island-wide buzz for the Trelawny Yam Festival.
Scheduled for Easter Monday, March 28th, Jamaica’s first and
best festival looks to expand on last year’s record setting
performance of nearly 18,000 visitors. Activities begin on March
16th with the Schools Competition and kick into high gear the week
of March 21st with the Farmer’s Field Celebration, Yam King
and Queen Pageant, Sports Day and Grand Yam Festival Day on March
28th. Yams are a big deal in Jamaica and the Yam Festival is a big
deal as well. There are activities, programs, displays, entertainment
and of course food every day of the festival. One of the big attractions
is the staging of the always elegant Yam King and Queen Pageant
at Ulster Spring Primary School. Fourteen of the best and brightest
of Trelawny’s young men and women will take to the stage to
earn the title of Yam Festival King and Queen. Group and individual
performance pieces, modeling and responses to questions will help
determine who will be awarded the titles of Most Talented Male and
Female, Most Intelligent Male and Female and the King and Queen.
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