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<p>Thousands of Barbadians and visitors from around the
region and beyond shed their inhibitions and donned brightly coloured,
bedazzled and elaborate costumes to ‘do ting’ for the Grand Kadooment street
parade on August 5 as the two-month long Crop Over Festival came to an end.</p>
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<p>What ‘ting’ you might ask?</p>
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<p>Jumping, jukking, wukking up, wining, chipping and
just having a good time to the pulsating sounds of soca and other Caribbean
rhythms. </p>
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<p>Spectators lined the streets to see bands such as Baje
International, Blue Box Cart, Zulu International, Xhosa Barbados, Krave the
Band, Ooutraje, Colorz, Fifth Element Mas, Betty West, Gwyneth Squires, and
others, but undoubtedly all eyes were on Aura Experience, who had none other
than the Bajan bad gal Ri Ri on the road with them. </p>
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<p>Clad in an eye-catching pink feathered custom David
Laport dress, Rihanna partied with friends on the big music truck, but not
before first mingling with the crowd and sharing a moment with Prime Minister
Mia Mottley.</p>
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<p>Caribbean celebs were also out in their numbers,
whether on the road or performing on a music truck - among them Alison Hinds,
Lil Rick, Mikey, Stiffy, Skinny Fabulous and Problem Child, to name a few.</p>
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<p>It was a soca lovers paradise as waistlines were
tempted with tunes from every category of the genre – sweet, power and bashment
from Barbados and other Caribbean countries. With the announcement that <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RV1riJsShjU"><em>Sometime</em></a> had won the Tune of the Crop title, popular artist Leadpipe solidified
his position as having the runaway hit of the 2019 Crop Over season.</p>
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