A festival featuring costumes, food, clothing, music and more, crop over has become a tradition that everyone loves. This festival is a tradition that has been celebrated by my family and many other “Bajans” like me. Starting in June and ending in August, this two-month celebration is not only fun but also holds a deeper meaning behind what is celebrated over the years. The cropover eventually became a part of Barbadian culture as a celebration of fun and activity. began in the 1780s and marked a period when the sugarcane season ended. During the 1780s, Barbados was one of the largest distributors of sugarcane in the world. When the harvest was over, it not only meant that the hard work and work had stopped for a while, but it also meant that many people would end up working less or losing their jobs. For many, the interval between two harvests would indeed have been "hard times", and the symbol of these, perhaps invented only after Emancipation, was the figure of a man stuffed with garbage (the dried leaves of sugar cane) who were known as "Mr. Harding" (History of Cultivation Completed). They end up showing the person in charge of the sugar cane collection “Mon. Harding", then they burn it in honor of the end of the season. My great-grandmother told me that in the late 1930s, the harvest and traditions finally began to slowly change and this was no longer the same as when she was a child She has no problem with the way things have changed, but she wishes it would go back to the good old days. told the story of when she was little, after a hard day at work, she would come home to sit down for a chat with her middle of paper...... and my family Members because if we can't. not go to Barbados for the harvest festival, we make up for it for the Labor Day parade When I eventually have children, I will allow them to visit the place where it all began. going to Barbados to dress up and parade around the island like I used to do when I was a kid. This experience is ideal for interaction to know its culture as well as its meaning. For many years to come, I am sure the harvest will still have a lasting effect on Barbados. It is part of the vulture even if it has changed over the decades and centuries. There is no guarantee that the way my great-grandmother, my mother and I celebrated Crop over will be the same, but I hope it never loses its true meaning. Works Cited http://www.bajanfuhlife.com/cropover/ history_of_crop_over.html