Shak Shak Tree
Here’s a photo of the Flamboyant tree or Royal Poinciana ablaze with colourful flowers on Provo. I mentioned in a previous post that the Junkanoo band often has many percussion instruments that include the shak-shak. This instrument is like a maracas and at one time, the seed pods of the Royal Poinciana or Flamboyant tree were used as a shak-shak in the Turks and Caicos Islands. I thought this was interesting as I didn’t know what a shak-shak was.
Marta
Christmas vine blooming on Provo
Happy New Year everyone!!
Finally while travelling down Venetian Road, I spotted a vivid flash of red……….Ipomoea is the official name of this wild vine that grows in the Turks and Caicos Islands. Other names for this beautiful wild flower is Wild Potato or Christmas vine because it generally blooms around Christmas and New Year. This one was growing along the roadside but most often you see them climbing and clinging to trees. I can’t believe the colour as it is always such a bright scarlet red.
Cheers, and I hope we can stay awake to bring the New Year in!!
Marta