{"id":3973,"date":"2019-07-03T09:39:41","date_gmt":"2019-07-03T13:39:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/drealfmgrenada.com\/?p=3973"},"modified":"2019-07-03T09:39:41","modified_gmt":"2019-07-03T13:39:41","slug":"grenada-participates-in-international-festival-of-geography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drealfmgrenada.com\/index.php\/2019\/07\/03\/grenada-participates-in-international-festival-of-geography\/","title":{"rendered":"Grenada Participates In International Festival Of Geography"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Caribbean is this year\u2019s invited region to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fig.saint-die-des-vosges.fr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">International Festival of Geography<\/a>\u00a0in Saint-Di\u00e9-Des-Vosges, France.<\/p>\n<p>In its 30<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0edition, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/festival.international.geographie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">festival uses geography<\/a>\u00a0as an educational tool for cultural exchange, and welcomes 50,000 persons every year. The main festival categories are Geography,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fig.saint-die-des-vosges.fr\/gastronomie\/salon-gastronomie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gastronomy<\/a>\u00a0and Literature.<\/p>\n<p>Three members of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/alliancefrancaisedelagrenade\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alliance Fran\u00e7aise de la Grenade<\/a>\u00a0will represent Grenada at the festival which runs from 4-6 October 2019, and use this excellent occasion to promote Grenada culture in a French educational context.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_59161\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-59161\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-59161\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nowgrenada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/salon_gastro_2.jpeg?resize=445%2C632&#038;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 445px) 100vw, 445px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nowgrenada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/salon_gastro_2.jpeg 445w, https:\/\/www.nowgrenada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/salon_gastro_2-106x150.jpeg 106w, https:\/\/www.nowgrenada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/salon_gastro_2-211x300.jpeg 211w\" alt=\"\" width=\"445\" height=\"632\" data-pin-no-hover=\"true\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-59161\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Salon de la Gastronomie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At Grenada\u2019s booth, Alliance Fran\u00e7aise de la Grenade \u2014 a non-profit which has been promoting French culture in Grenada for 65 years \u2014 is looking forward to providing excerpts of French culture firsthand and hosting online classes for schoolchildren in Grenada.<\/p>\n<p>With the collaboration of several local stakeholders, the 3-person team will<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>produce a daily cooking demonstration and sampling of Grenadian foods (<strong>Gastronomy<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li>present on French influence in Grenada, 370 years after the founding of Grenada\u2019s first French settlement (<strong>Geography<\/strong>) and<\/li>\n<li>read from locally written and illustrated children\u2019s books donated by Grenada Schools Inc. (<strong>Literature<\/strong>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The team has established a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/grenada-goes-to-festival-of-geography-france\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GoFundMe campaign<\/a>\u00a0to assist with travel costs which are not covered by the festival organisers, and invite the public to contribute to Grenada\u2019s participation.<\/p>\n<p>Please contact the team at 440-0984 or email\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:alliancegrenade@spiceisle.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">alliancegrenade@spiceisle.com<\/a>\u00a0to donate in Grenada or to provide products for the gastronomy category of the Grenada booth.<\/p>\n<p>The team departs Grenada 27 September, to return 11 October.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alliance Fran\u00e7aise de la Grenade<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The Caribbean is this year\u2019s invited region to the\u00a0International Festival of Geography\u00a0in Saint-Di\u00e9-Des-Vosges, France. 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