Mya Dunkley shows her suppleness in a limbo contest.

Felix Ebanks and Mya Dunkley receive their Digicel and Cable and Wireless prizes for the limbo competition.

Children learn the traditional art of kite making.

Easter Egg hunts were just one of the traditional games and activities that were included in a cultural festival at Public Beach on Cayman Brac this Saturday, sponsored by the Cayman National Cultural Foundation.

The Cayman National Cultural Foundation (CNCF) sponsored a Family Fun Day at Public Beach on the south side of Cayman Brac on Saturday, 15 April, from noon until 4:00 pm.

The afternoon of cultural celebration was a mini-Cayfest, according to Community Development Officer Annie Rose Scott, who coordinated the event with fellow Brac committee members, Susan Hundt and Janet Gates.

The festivities got off to a seasonal holiday start with Easter Egg hunt on the beach for children of all ages, and prizes for the winners.

Traditional games, such as the ever-popular soldier crab races, gigs and marbles, were mixed with more modern water balloon fights.

Winners in a limbo competition were Mya Dunkley, who won a Digicel phone and Felix Ebanks, who took home a Cable and Wireless phone.

Chris and Trina Christian of Cayman Traditional Art, regular participants in CNCF events on Grad Cayman, came over to the Brac for the first time, thanks to the Cultural Foundation’s expanded programme on the Sister Island this year.

The couple taught children how to make traditional kites from wood, paper and string, though some of the adults, reminded of their own childhood games, joined in to help and appeared to have as much fun as the kids.

Roshaun Frederick was given a special prize, sponsored by Economy Electrics and chosen by Mr and Mrs Christian, for being particularly helpful. He not only made his own kite and flew it, but also helped other children make theirs, too.

All the hard work of the afternoon was rewarded when the children, with the assistance of parents or friends, launched their creations into the ocean breezes, with only a few false starts.

Although the weather was too rough for mini-catboat racing, everyone, especially the kids enjoyed seeing the catboat models. Dorcus Ramos and Tricia Scott cooked up turtle, whelks, conch, fish, as well as not-so-traditional hot dogs and hamburgers.

Ms Scott expressed her gratitude to the CNCF for bringing this event to the Brac and taking it even further than previous years. Hopefully this tradition would continue, she said.

Granny Brac Yard was also this year filmed, as the name suggests, in Cayman Brac with knowledgeable residents talking about days gone by. The programme will air 8:00 pm 20 April on CITN, and a radio broadcast has also been scheduled.