For more than two decades, this mass organized by ANAG has been an unmissable event for the French diaspora. This is evidenced by its popularity, since more than 2,000 faithful attended this Monday, during a ceremony presided over by the Archbishop of Saint-Pierre and Fort-de-France, David Macaire, alongside his counterparts from Guadeloupe and Guyana, Philippe Guiougou and Alain Ransay.
In the magnificent Saint-Sulpice church, Monsignor Macaire tried to bring a little warmth of the country to the Antillo-Guyanese expatriates.
I've lived here for 25 years myself, and I've never been closer to the country than being here. Their hearts are turned towards the country. Paradoxically, we sometimes keep tradition better here, we let ourselves be fooled when we are there, whereas here there is something that remains, in a fierce way. We keep all these values received from our elders, especially faith.
Beyond the atmosphere, it was also the hearts that were warmed, like that of Marie Andrée.
All West Indians… Martinique, Guyana, Reunion, Haiti, Guadeloupe, we are happy to meet again on November 11, it gives us a lot of strength and punch because we find our culture, our way of celebrating.
A cultural dimension claimed by the National Chaplaincy of the Antilles-Guyana which is celebrating its 80th anniversary this year with this ambition to share for Ludovic Celma, musical director within the ANAG.
There are people who come to see how the Antillo-Guyanese pray, to have these rhythms, this music, this human contact that we find in this type of celebration. We are proud of this cultural dimension that we try to highlight more and more and we try to grow in this demonstration.
Like every year, the Antillo-Guyanese made their country in their hearts and in unison in the Saint-Sulpice church on November 11.
