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Caribbean kind of feeling
Updated On: 09 October, 2020 07:28 AM IST | Mumbai | Shunashir Sen
A festival this weekend will recreate the vibe of being on a seaside getaway, with music, food and fashion

Raghav Meattle and Zokhuma
When Casa debuted as a festival last year, it involved a 200-year-old Portuguese-inspired villa in Bandra West being turned into a Caribbean locale for a day. The event recreated different facets of the West Indies, such as dancehall music, jerk chicken and, of course, lots and lots of rum. The event's success meant that the organisers were looking forward to replicating it on a bigger scale in 2020. But then this year turned out to be the way it did, and they had to reshape their plans, taking the festival to the digital medium.
But the Caribbean flavour of the event remains intact. Sameeksha Uniyal, senior manager at Bacardi, which is hosting the festival, tells us that this reflects in the programming, with Afro-fusion workshops and DJs playing a mix of reggae, ska and other similar genres. The artistes include Paloma, Zokhuma and Raghav Meattle. Uniyal adds that there are six partner restaurants, from where customers can pre-order food like corn on the cob, which will be delivered on the day of the festival. The same holds true for pop-up fashion stores from where people can purchase clothes and accessories.




