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Article: Empire State Building lights up for Caribbean Week
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- The Weekly Gleaner
- Article date:
- June 21, 2007
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NEW YORK:
FOR CARIBBEAN WEEK 2007 in New York City, the Empire State Building was bathed in a sea of 'Caribbean colours' from June 8- 10.
It was the second consecutive year that the Empire State Building illuminated the sky with yellow, symbolising the warm sunshine (on top), green representing the lushness and swaying palm trees (in the middle), and blue symbolising the Caribbean Sea (on the bottom).
Caribbean Week 2007, arranged by the Caribbean Tourism and Development Company (CTDC), celebrates the spirit and hospitality of the Caribbean through cultural presentations, sports tournaments of cricket and volleyball, chef demonstrations, vacation special offers and exciting events ...