Barbados

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Barbados

• Gay Blades
• September 25, 2009

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Current Prime Minister

• The Right Honourable
• David Thompson

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Historical FigureSIR GARFIELD ST. AUBURN
SOBERS(1936- )

• Sir Garfield Sobers for 20 years, bestrode the
  cricketing world like a colossus, leaving
  millions gaping in amazement and admiration.

http//www.barbados.gov.bb/garfieldsob.htm
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Historical FigureSIR GARFIELD ST. AUBURN
SOBERS(1936- )

• Sir Garfield's records, include
• scoring in 1958 at the age of 21,
• an incredible 365 runs (not out) which stood for
  36 years as the highest individual Test score
  ever made.
• It was erased in Antigua in 1994 by former West
  Indies captain Brian Lara who scored 375.

http//www.barbados.gov.bb/garfieldsob.htm
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Culture in BarbadosCrop Over Festival

• a five-week summer festival,
• is Barbados' most popular and colourful festival.

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Culture in BarbadosCrop Over Festival

• It's origins can be traced back to the 1780's, a
  time when Barbados was the world's largest
  producer of sugar.
• At the end of the sugar season, there was always
  a huge celebration to mark the culmination of
  another successful sugar cane harvest - the Crop
  Over celebration.