IT IS GUAVA FESTIVAL TIME IN REUNION
(Posted 14th June 2014)
It is Guava Festival time in Reunion again where for the 26th consecutive year the island celebrates the little red fruit and its various uses, among them some delicious jam. The use of the fruit however is much wider, often serving as a base for fruit paste, used to make juice, in flavouring the rum produced on the island or being turned into chutney for curries and other dishes.
This year the festival runs from the 13th to the 15th of June inclusive and all over the island are activities dedicated to the fruit which once upon a time came to the island from its original range in Brazil.
A programme has been published and visitor to the island at this time of the year are welcome to attend any of the events outlined below:
Friday, 13th
15.00: Opening with copper conductor
17.30: Concert of music school in the village hall
19.00: Evening ‘Island Beauties’ with the election of Miss Plaine-des-Palmistes in the presence of Miss Reunion
Saturday 14th
09.00: Day 3 youth with beauty contests guava granny, granny miss PDP and demonstration of savate boxing
14.00: Activities for children
20.00: 974 United Reggae
21:45: FGBM
22.00: Ragga Dancehall
Sunday 15th
09.00: Karate do demonstrations, zumba, tai do
14.00: Crochet radio
19.00: Maloya with Loryzine
21.00: Creole Fiesta
For more information about Reunion visit www.reunion.fr
