The song goes: “Cup Match time in Bermuda, BACCHANAL, BACCHANAL. Go, go, go, Arrow, Go, go, go Arrow, Jam Bermuda, Jam Bermuda”! It is THE song for Cup Match time in Bermuda and has been sung since I was a child. So what is Cup Match? Cup Match celebrates the island’s emancipation from slavery. It’s the biggest event on the Bermuda calendar, taking place during the last Thursday and Friday…
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Celebrating Bermuda Day
I am a proud Bermudian. No matter where I am in the world, I bubble up with excitement whenever I’m asked where I’m from. BERMUDA, I say as loudly as I can. Because I’m proud, proud to be from this 21-square mile in the Atlantic. Today, on Bermuda Day, I’m even more proud to be Bermudian. When I was 12, my family packed up and moved to Massachusetts. I didn’t…