{"id":1238,"date":"2013-06-30T17:46:16","date_gmt":"2013-06-30T17:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/?p=1238"},"modified":"2022-01-16T09:09:32","modified_gmt":"2022-01-16T16:09:32","slug":"fishermans-birthday-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/?p=1238","title":{"rendered":"Fishermans Birthday Celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>June 29<sup>th<\/sup>, in the fishing town of Gouyave is the Annual Fisherman\u2019s Birthday, a celebration honoring St Peter \u00a0&#8211; Patron Saint of Fishermen. As part of the day\u2019s events the fishermen\u2019s boats are blessed for the upcoming fishing season followed by boat races and ending with a street party in the evening. A lot of people come into town to enjoy the music and festivities. \u00a0We decided the evening party sounded like fun so joined a few cruisers, \u00a0including Jen and Richard from Our Rose and Ian and Wendy from Outsider, and off we went to enjoy the evenings celebrations.<\/p>\n<p>There were some food tents set up, serving all sorts of dishes. We tried a number of dishes including oildown (below), a traditional Grenadian curry dish, which was very tasty.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P1020870a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1239 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P1020870a.jpg\" alt=\"P1020870a\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P1020870a.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P1020870a-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P1020870a-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>The party was along the main street which was packed full of people dancing and enjoying each others We had a lot of fun limin\u2019with friends and the locals.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P1020887a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1241 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P1020887a.jpg\" alt=\"P1020887a\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P1020887a.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P1020887a-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P1020887a-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P1020877a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1240 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P1020877a.jpg\" alt=\"P1020877a\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P1020877a.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P1020877a-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P1020877a-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P1020891a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1242\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P1020891a-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"P1020891a\" width=\"243\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P1020900a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1243\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P1020900a-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"P1020900a\" width=\"256\" height=\"237\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P1020899a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1244\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P1020899a-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"P1020899a\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P1020899a-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P1020899a.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A great night in Gouyave.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 29th, in the fishing town of Gouyave is the Annual Fisherman\u2019s Birthday, a celebration honoring St Peter \u00a0&#8211; Patron Saint of Fishermen. 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