Barbados, beautiful Barbados, island in the sun with its blue waters and golden sandy beaches. This, the most easterly of the Caribbean Island chain, is a gem for Bajans and the many tourists who visit.

Barbadians do not take this treasure for granted. Bajan folk enjoy a regular sea bath and may be seen basking in the sun on week-ends and holidays. 

Little BIM as the island is affectionately called, a hand-down from our mercantile leader Bimshire England, celebrates its Independence with the NIFCA (National Independence Festival of Creative Arts) Gala annually during the month of November. 

Although Barbados became Independent on Nov 30 1966, NIFCA is celebrated every year over weeks and features the best of Bajan talent. This is an incredible time to be on the island. But if you are looking for the real Bajan Festival then the lead up to Grand Kadooment during the summer is perhaps the best of Barbados. 

During this celebration of Bajan Crop Over you can expect to be entertained with Calypsos reflecting the Bajan Society. Young and old, local or visitors, all frequent the Calypso Tents where budding and veteran calypsonians vie for a coveted place to represent their art form in the Pic-o-de-crop Finals. 

This potpourri of Bajan singers and comedians is second only to the colours and glitter of the creative genius of the Bajan costume designers. These local designers parade their Crop Over Kings and Queens during the Cohobblopot ( talent mixture festival) and even feature the very young in a separate Kiddies Kadooment, all at the Barbados National Stadium. 

This entire festival culminates in two major street activities, the Bridgetown Market – a flea market extraordinaire and the miles long Bajan Crop Over Carnival. The Grand Kadooment – a parade of Crop Over bands some of which host thousands of Bajan revelers, starts at the national stadium and finishes at the Spring Garden Highway. 

The boundaries of Barbados spread into the international arena first during the production of the movie Tamarind Seed. Barbadian born, the late Alfred Pragnell, a great actor and entertainer of Okras in the Stew fame, was a pioneer of Bajan talent. Soon Bajans were swimming with the sharks and our sons of the soil penetrated both the entertainment and sports industries.

Sir Garfield Sobers “ the greatest cricketer the world has ever seen” as sung by the equally famous Merry Men, is a living legend. Sir Garry can sing the words of the Barbados National Anthem proudly, “we write our names on history’s page” for he held the record of the International Cricket highest score of 366 runs, for many years. His supremacy is celebrated with a local statue, standing just outside the Kensington Oval and we named our largest auditorium, the Sir Garfield Sobers Gymnasium after him.

Our sportsmen continued to shine in the lights of Darcy Beckles, a former top Body builder and Ronald ‘Suki’ King, a World best in Draughts.

Other incredible artistes penetrating the international market were Arturo Tappin and Robyn “Rihanna” Fenty. Like Alfred Pragnell both Turo and Rihanna are past students of the Combermere School. These CSOSA greats are celebrated with some other celebrities on a recently produce DVD, Voice of Combermere. 

We at Bajan Elite believe that all Bajans and anything Bajan are special. We believe the Bajan people should be paraded to their global neighbours for all that they are. Yes, we are a proud people, “a pride of nationhood”! Our Bajan folks are the true Pride of Barbados.” It is not the plants, animals, businesses or the infrastructure but rather, it is the people of Barbados who, when given the opportunity will shine brightly. 

It is for this reason that we invite the world to view our Bajan Elite. The many walks of Bajan life grouped here. We define them as Bajan BRAINS – an acronym for Business, Religion, Academy, Individuals, Non-profit makers, Social organizations. 

Bajan Elite is the new community, the Interactive Virtual Community of Bajan BRAINS, those who continue to spread the boundaries of Barbados. These fields and hills beyond recall now join the global community in a free exchange of commerce, information and culture.. 

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We are the one stop Bajan Website for large and small businesses, celebrities and the layman. Our clients are the Bajan Elite – those preferred few who recognized the importance of an Internet presence.

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