E krusero kultural afro amerikano ‘Festival at Sea’ ta selebrá 33 aña ku entrega di 1000 buki pa muchanan di Kòrsou / African American Cultural Cruise ‘Festival at Sea’ Celebrates 33 Years with Donation of 1,000 Books to Children in Curaçao
E krusero kultural afro amerikano ‘Festival at Sea’ ta selebrá 33 aña ku entrega di 1000 buki pa muchanan di Kòrsou
WILLEMSTAD- 23 di yüli 2025 – E aña aki ta kumpli 33 aña di Festival at Sea. Festival at Sea ta un krusero kultural prosedente di Estádos Unídos dirigí riba personanan afro amerikano. Tur aña di nobo e kompania Blue World Travel ta charter un barku krusero pa selebrashon di Festival at Sea. E aña aki e kompania a charter e barku krusero Celebrity Reflection i a bishitá entre otro Kòrsou ku un kantidat di 3000 pasahero afro amerikano. Semper ta tene bou di e pasaheronan un kolekta di buki pa mucha. Ta trata di bukinan nobo ku e pasaheronan ta kontribuí kuné komo parti di e kompania su esfuersonan pa duna bèk i nan kompromiso pa alfabetisashon. E aña aki nan a skohe Kòrsou pa risibí un total di 1000 buki ku a keda kolektá bou di nan pasaheronan.
Pa yuda fasilitá e gesto bunita aki, Ofisina di Turismo di Kòrsou (CTB) den estrecho kolaborashon ku Curaçao Ports Authority (CPA) a organisá un resepshon kaminda sra. Patricia Nicholson Yarbrough, presidente di Blue World Travel Corp. i sra. Peggy Taylor Presley di Festival at Sea a hasi entrega di e 1000 bukinan na sr. Lysandro Inacio, direktor di Biblioteka Nashonal Kòrsou i sr. Tito Ansano tambe di Biblioteka Nashonal Kòrsou. Biblioteka Nashonal Kòrsou (BNK) na su turno lo repartí e bukinan di forma gratuito durante eventonan ku nan ta organisá pa muchanan.
E bukinan ta na ingles i ta kubri un variedat di tópiko i ta dirigí riba muchanan entre 4 i 12 aña di edat. Tambe e grupo a hasi donashon di artíkulonan di skol. Pa hasi e selebrashon mas ameno, CTB a sòru pa músika di e hóben guitarista Quency Wilson, konosí komo ‘Quency The Guitar Man’.
CTB ta gradisí, CPA pa e sosten den kordinashon di e evento, Duana ku a asistí ku e parti di inklaring di e materialnan i BNK, ku ta responsabel pa distribushon di e materialnan risibí.
African American Cultural Cruise ‘Festival at Sea’ Celebrates 33 Years with Donation of 1,000 Books to Children in Curaçao
WILLEMSTAD – July 23, 2025 – This year marks the 33rd anniversary of Festival at Sea. Festival at Sea is a cultural cruise from the United States focused on African American travelers. Each year, the company Blue World Travel charters a cruise ship to host the Festival at Sea celebration. This year, the company chartered the cruise ship Celebrity Reflection and visited, among other destinations, Curaçao with approximately 3,000 African American guests. One of the regular features of the cruise is a book drive for children. These are new books donated by passengers as part of the company’s efforts to give back and commitment to literacy. This year, Curaçao was chosen to be the recipient of a total of 1,000 books collected by the passengers.
To facilitate this generous gesture, the Curaçao Tourist Board (CTB), in close collaboration with the Curaçao Ports Authority (CPA), organized a reception where Mrs. Patricia Nicholson Yarbrough, President of Blue World Travel Corp. and Mrs. Peggy Taylor Presley of Festival at Sea, officially handed over the 1,000 books to Mr. Lysandro Inacio, Director of the National Library of Curaçao, and Mr. Tito Ansano also from the National Library of Curaçao. The National Library of Curaçao (BNK), in turn, will distribute the books free of charge to children during events they organize.
The books are in English, cover a variety of topics, and are aimed at children between the ages of 4 to 12. The group also donated several school materials for the children. To make the celebration more festive, CTB arranged for live music by young guitarist Quency Wilson, known as ‘Quency The Guitar Man’.
CTB extends its gratitude to CPA for its coordination support, to Customs for their assistance with clearing the donated materials, and to BNK, which is responsible for distributing the items received.