Oistins Fish Festival
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The Oistins Fish Festival is a folk festival organized by the National Cultural Foundation
of Barbados
. It celebrates the founding of the Charter of Barbados and the fishing
industry of Oistins
, Christ Church. Arts, crafts, music, food, fish-deboning competitions and boat races are common.
National Cultural Foundation
The National Cultural Foundation is a statutory body in Barbados, created by an Act of Parliament in March 1983. It organises several major local Barbadian events including Congaline, National Independence Festival of Creative Arts and the crop over festival, as well as sponsoring the Holders...
of Barbados
Barbados
Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles. It is in length and as much as in width, amounting to . It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 kilometres east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, it is about east of the islands of Saint...
. It celebrates the founding of the Charter of Barbados and the fishing
Fishing
Fishing is the activity of trying to catch wild fish. Fish are normally caught in the wild. Techniques for catching fish include hand gathering, spearing, netting, angling and trapping....
industry of Oistins
Oistins
The coastal town of Oistins is an area located in the country of Barbados. Situated in the southern portion of the parish of Christ Church, Oistins operates mostly as a fishing village and a tourist hang out, and is the location of the parish church for Christ Church...
, Christ Church. Arts, crafts, music, food, fish-deboning competitions and boat races are common.