{"id":16395,"date":"2018-06-13T20:52:07","date_gmt":"2018-06-14T00:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=16395"},"modified":"2018-06-13T21:12:58","modified_gmt":"2018-06-14T01:12:58","slug":"king-zachari-berates-festival-commissioners-for-changes-to-carnival-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/king-zachari-berates-festival-commissioners-for-changes-to-carnival-shows\/","title":{"rendered":"King Zachari berates festival commissioners for changes to carnival shows"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Reigning Calypso Monarch King Zachari has been critical of the Festivals Commission for changes to the carnival which sees calypso moving from the Sunday to the Friday.<\/p>

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He has labeled\u00a0members of the commission who took the decision as “stupid” and says it was done to spite calypsonians.<\/p>\n

“Them so want stifle the voice of a calypsonian,” he told Pointe FM<\/p>

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The monarch added, “them smart lakka\u00a0some cocks.”<\/p>

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He said many people already planned their travels to arrive in Antigua on Friday anticipating that the Calypso Monarch Competition will be on Sunday.<\/p>\n

He says the changes now mean many visitors won’t see the calypso show.<\/p>

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“People will leave wherever they come from on a Friday evening land in Antigua, go to the soca monarch on a Saturday and calypso on Sunday,” Zachari\u00a0said.<\/p>\n

He told radio listerns that the decision was driven by greed.<\/p>

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“You know the whole thing why they did this, they looking for gate receipts. Carnival never make no profit. carnival never have no profit,” the king said.<\/p>

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He said the changes will also mean bad for the soca artists.<\/p>\n

“What they do is sabotage them own soca show because there is a fete them soca people have to attend to on the same Sunday morning.”<\/p>\n

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