Caribbean market opens in downtown Brooklyn
By Rawle Titus
A wide range of products
from Caribbean business owners
and manufacturers are on
display in Downtown Brooklyn
for most of December as part
of an annual Christmas exposition,
organizers say, is growing
in stature.
The Holiday Market Experience
has been shifted to The
Plaza at 300 Ashland, three
years after its birth in Flatbush,
considered the heart of New
York’s Caribbean Community.
Hand crafted goods and items
from skin care products to jewelry,
including Food and drinks
from across the islands, form
part of the exhibition which
climaxes towards the end of
December.
“The entire market is to promote
our products and to promote
the Caribbean culture,”
declared Janluk Stanislas, the
co-founder of Caribbeing, the
organization behind The Holiday
Market Experience.
“We have the flavor of the
islands through the products
that the makers are doing.
Food, pepper sauces, snacks etc
etc.”
Businesses displaying their
wares from a container relocated
to 300 Ashland, include
Breukelen Rub Spice Co, NaturalAnnie
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Roselle, Art Matenwa, Hunterhue
and L’Enchanteur.
Products range from soy
candles, jewelry and artwork to
sorrel, Haitian ornaments and
room spray.
“This is Christmas. So basically,
it’s about Caribbean
people coming to buy Caribbean
presents for their family
and their friends,” Stanislas
explained in an interview with
Caribbean Life.
“The whole idea is a Caribbean
mission. We are really
highlighting the entire Caribbean.”
Caribbeing was started nine
years ago when likeminded individuals
bonded to brainstorm
ways of assisting Haiti recover
from the Jan. 12, 2010, 7.3 magnitude
earthquake which killed
more than 230,000 people and
injured 300,000.
In nearly 10 years, the organization
has been partnering with
institutions, including museums,
to stage about 400 events
including panel discussions,
film festivals and public viewing
The Holiday Market Experience has been shifted to The Plaza
at 300 Ashland. Caribbeing
of pan Caribbean movies.
Stanislas believes Caribbeing’s
new project, The Holiday
Market Experience, will
will grow as a result of its new
venue.
“This year we are into a different
location. We are not in
the heart of the Caribbean community.
We were in the heart
of the Caribbean community
before because we started in
Flatbush. But now that we are
in downtown Brooklyn, we are
seeing the experience of how
people are reacting to who we
are,” he said.
“We also have to engage
other communities. And we are
seeing a whole bunch of people
who are not Caribbean passing
by and it’s also a way for us to
communicate with them.”
The Holiday Market Experience,
occurring Wednesdays to
Sundays 11 am to 8 pm, started
Dec. 4 and ends on Dec. 29.
“We are also playing music
inside (the container),” said Stanislas.
“Reggae, calypso, salsa, Haitian
music, cadence — it’s
important for us to understand
who we are,” he added.
A vendor at the Caribbean market in Downtown Brooklyn.
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