Saint
Lucia’s Flower Festivals
Of
all the elements of Saint Lucian Folk Culture, the most authentic
are the celebrations of the Flower Festivals, one of which,
La Rose is celebrated on the 30th. August, and the other,
La Marguerite, on the 17th.October. Those celebrations
are the real manifestations of Saint Lucia’s Creole
Culture. How those Flower Festivals started, or when, is not
known for certain, 
Wallowing
in the absence of standards
Some
people may say that I am too picky and that I am always complaining
about one thing or another. But to not bellyache
when something is wrong would mean that we accept mediocrity
and ugliness. I don’t understand why people don’t
understand that obvious flaws in our society or environs which
when corrected would almost immediately make our existence
from bearable to pleasurable 
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