Everyone loves a party and Peter Island treats their guests to "West
Indian Night" each Monday at the beachside bar and grill. The festivities
center around traditional island fun, food, and entertainment.
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A managers cocktail party starts the celebration with an open
bar and appetizers served in the gardens as the sun sets over the bay.
A steel drum band is soon playing Caribbean songs while guests and palms
sway at waters edge.
Inside the restaurant, a bountiful buffet awaits guests and is an endless
profusion of traditional West Indian delights - Rice & Peas, Johnnie
cakes, island vegetables, conch fritters, grilled shrimp and swordfish,
Island roast pork leg with mango salsa to name a few. A separate
dessert buffet offers Guadeloupe apple cake, Key Lime pie, Bread pudding,
Tortolan carrot cake, and Peter Island's famous over-sized cookies.
Sometimes, another special entertainment is in store for guests.
A 9' tall figure, followed by four others, appears at the end of a walkway
and rhythmically moves toward the restaurant. Mocko Jumby Dancers
on stilts, towering above all, have arrived for the final event.
The steel drum band shifts into a faster beat to provide background music
for a half hour of dances and antics. Yes, these are the famous "stilt
walkers", another sensational and colorful Caribbean tradition.
Two Jumby walkers soon entice a guest from the bar to dance with them.
Others join into the fun or are busy snapping photos. The youngest
jumby dancer is 7 years old (below on the left) - a very talented member
of this lively troupe.
West Indian Night is truly a fun event, yet another one of the many
island experiences guests will have during their vacation in paradise. |
