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Heritage games

Also known as Kwéyòl folk games

Heritage games: photograph by Resolute
Photo: Resolute, CC BY-SA 3.0, source on Wikimedia Commons

Folk games during Jounen Kwéyòl.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Saint Lucia.

Origins

Usually placed in the era of Modern Heritage (1800 to today), although its exact origins are uncertain, within the cultural world of The Americas: Caribbean.

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