We have heard of the modernization of cultural and many have the ideology that traditional values are being lost through this changes, but here today, we have that taking place but the traditional values are really unaffected and in fact being upheld. Today, we bring to you the Miss Femme Culturelle Pageant taking place in Portsmouth, Dominica at the Arbeedee Cinema.
Our traditional values help us remember where we came from and who we are as a unique set of people amongst the people of the world. The only difference taking place here tonight is the use of pageant to bring out these traditional values. Seven beautiful young ladies from the Portsmouth Secondary School, hit the stage in an all out competition to prove to each other and their spectators, how they maintain and promote their culture and are vying for this title, 'Miss Femme Culturelle'. They have, in no doubt, kept in line with our traditional values and, in fact, reminded us Dominicans of why these values are so important. So, I really do hope that we all take heed to what these young ladies have to showcase and say. Often times we tend to move away from our traditional practices due to the changing world's modernization of everything and although some of these changes are a movement towards the positive direction, some are not very good changes. For example, our local foods. We tend to put a blind eye or... stomach, in this case, to the good natural, local foods that we grow and are blessed with from the very heaven above. Dominica is filled with great produce of the earth yet we go for the junk foods brought about by the changing world. That is not good and as reminded by this pageant, learn to go back to our local food because it is healthier and much better to eat rather than the poison of junk food that
we CHOSE to put in our systems. Why do we do ourselves such harm? In my own thoughts of things, we as Dominicans have no right to be getting ill because God has given us the necessities of the Garden of Eden yet we go for the junk foods and wonder why we get sick. Take a listen to what these lovely ladies have to say on the matters of our Dominica Culture. Happy Independence to everyone both here in Dominica and abroad and remember we are what we make Dominica to be so let's work together and create positive changes in our lovely, untouched and beautiful Dominica.
