Tuesday, August 31, 2010

FAREWELL TO SESENNE

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3 comments:

Pe;aly said...

In the past year, my absense from the funeral of three of our great cultural icons, has been a sorrowful thing for me, as I knew all three of them, and held them very dear to my heart. those were Pat Charles, Sixtus Charles and now Dame Sesenne. I was in bed very sick for the first two, and now with Dame Sesenne, I am here in the USA seeing about my ailments.
My sympathy goes out to the family of this fair Lady of Helen, and to her many friends and colleagues. An era in St. Lucian culture has come to a close with her death, and it will be an exceedingly long time before we can be graced with someone so absoultely talented in our cultural music as Sesenne was. May she rest in peace.
Jeff "Pe'lay" Elva.

Anonymous said...

Get well soon, Pe'lay and return home safely...


--- Stan ---

Anonymous said...

When you tune to radio stations from Venezuela you hear Venezuelan Spanish, Venezuelan music accompanied by Venezuelan instruments.

When you tune to radio stations in St. Lucia. You hear Jamaican music, Jamaican patios from the so-called DJs and Jamaican instrumentation.

Did I say St. Lucian radio stations?

Ok. Where is St. Lucia's cultural and indigenous music?

Shameless and clueless DJs have been so acculturated to Jamaica's rasta culture that St. Lucians even think like Jamaicans. Violence on the streets, degrading lyrics regarding women and abuse and violence towards women.

Where is our indigenous music again? Now buried with Sesenne.

We even have Jamaican politics making the rounds. We now have two UWP Jamaican-styled constituencies 'managed' by a drug baron. He can call out and call in the troops with their loaded guns anytime he wishes. Meanwhile grandmothers are wasted and showered with bullets just like in Jamaica.

Tivoli Gardens here we come. Let us pray that Sesenne's death makes a helava difference.