WASHINGTON, D.C. –On Saturday, May 6, The Bahamas participated in the annual Around the World Embassy Tour: Passport DC, a month-long festival in May that pays tribute to Washington, DC’s thriving international culture.
As part of the festival, the first two Saturdays in May are devoted to embassy open houses when the public-at-large get the opportunity to stroll Embassy Row – a stretch of Massachusetts Avenue NW that runs through Dupont Circle and Upper Northwest – and visit some of the more than 170 embassies based in the nation’s capital.
“Passport DC is a month-long journey around the world highlighting DC’s thriving international diplomatic community and its lively and varied culture. Celebrated annually in May, which is International Cultural Awareness Month in Washington, Passport DC is 31 days of programming by embassies and some of DC’s very best cultural institutions,” according to information gleaned from the Internet.
With the Bahamas Embassy building at 2220 Massachusetts Avenue NW currently being renovated and the embassy temporarily located at 600 New Hampshire Avenue NW, The Bahamas’ event was hosted 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m at A House for the Nations, 2230 Massachusetts Avenue NW. It provided a great opportunity to share information on visiting The Bahamas, the Bahamian cuisine, and culture.
Thousands of patrons enjoyed Bahamian cuisine such as conch fritters, stew conch, peas n’ rice, Bahamian macaroni and cheese, guava pudding and Bahamian drinks such as sky juice and goombay punch as well as Junkanoo and Bahamian music. Patrons loved trying on the Junkanoo pieces and participating in the Junkanoo rush.
