The
Bahamian year features many important Festivals and holidays,
reaching its peak during the Christmas holiday season. Celebrated on
December 26 and again on New Year's morning, Junkanoo is a lively
national festival, especially colorful in Nassau, where thousands of
revelers descend on Bay Street dressed in elaborate costumes and
dance wildly through the night and into the early morning.
The
Eleuthera Pineapple Festival occurs in early June in Gregory Town,
while during spring and summer countless fishing tournaments and
regattas take place, including the famous Bahamas Family Island
Regatta at George Town in the Exumas during the last week of April.
Long Island and Abaco also feature popular regattas.
Bahamians, especially those in Fox Hill in Nassau, celebrate
Emancipation Day in the first week of August, partaking in parades
and food, as well as cultural events.
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