Cultural Overview

The mandate of the Ministry of Culture is wide and covers all that is “the way of life of our people”. It may be noted that much that could be included in the work of the Ministry is specified in other Ministries. For example the cuisine of the country is a natural matter for the Ministry of Culture however there is Food & Nutrition Unit as part of the Ministry of Health and food is the main concern of the Ministry of Agriculture and further within the Ministry of Education the Home Economics Unit also looks at food. Against this coverage the Ministry makes its primary focus the preservation of physical and non physical aspects of heritage and the performance aspect of Culture.