Rose Hall Cultural Development Organization
Building sustainable community, spreading art, culture, and heritage.
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The cultural heritage of St. Vincent & The Grenadines (SVG) is the result of historic influences where African slaves, Portuguese labourers, and French and British colonizers settled together with indigenous peoples who came by boat. This diversity of culture gives our Island its vibrant, multi-ethnic community that is both proud and unified.
Our cultural heritage is multi-facet. Nevertheless, it is underrecognized and many aspects are fading as some of the younger generations believe that these traditions "seem old fashioned.”
Rose Hall Cultural and Development Organization fights to preserve and develop its national culture perhaps harder than any other community in the Caribbean. We also strive to maintain our diverse traditions such as music, dance, handcrafts with local and natural materials, the natural healing with plants, and of course local food and drinks.
Saint Vincent: A Unique Heritage
A French and British colonial past but has been an independent and sovereign nation since 27th October, 1979.
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The Ciboney were the first to journey from South America to St. Vincent which they called Hairoun (Land of the Blessed). The Ciboney ultimately moved on to Cuba and Haiti, leaving St. Vincent to the agrarian Arawak tribes that journeyed north from coastal South America. Not long before Columbus sailed in 1492... [READ MORE].
Historic Rock Art in SVG
The St Vincent Petroglyphs are one of the greatest archaeological finds in the whole of the West Indian Archipelago.
Come to Rose Hall to discover our historic petroglyphs. We will show you the treasures of our past as the they are a short distance from Rose Hall towards the neighboring village of Petit Bordel.
Prehistoric tools: stones can be shaped into a variety of functional tools, such as arrowheads, axes, and knives. Ormond Johnson found these in Rose Hall. Here he displays a stone knife and hand axes.