The epic long Rebel Salute was this weekend. A reggae concert that lasts a long tiring 14 hours. Or that's atleast as long as we lasted. We arrived around 7 pm Saturday night and did not leave until 9 am Sunday morning. The show is a good cultural event which takes place in the south coast town of Port Kaiser. A good 20-30 artists sang including, Tony Rebel (the show's namesake), Kapleton, Queen Ifrica, Tarrus Riley and Beenie Man. An "official" dry event was ventured by ganja vendors all over the grounds. Several of us volunteers enjoyed the show and hang out on our tarps, blankets and cardboard boxes. Nobody troubled us as we all took turns taking power naps. The crowd got quite subdued in the late hours of the morning when around 6 am, the sun started showing and Kapleton (or "Fire") came on and got everyone going asking everbody "weh di flag dem deh?" (To translate, he was asking the crowd to wave their flags.) It was pretty interesting as some people started lighting fires in the middle of the show and setting ablaze to bug spray aerosol for torches. After Fire departed, the crowd started leaving, but most stayed on until Tarrus Riley (who came on at 8 am) and Beenie Man (came on after 8:45) made their appearances. Another interesting twist to this year's show is that throughout the event, an Obama montage was played on the big screens. Every artist gave their praise "soon a black man will occupy the white house." Indeed he soon will.
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