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the late Raymond Lebon, whose daughter Sheila Paul made it into the local charts with an
updated rendering of her father's romantic ballads.
VISUAL ARTS
Over recent decades, more and more artists have settled in the Seychelles and spawned a
local industry catering to souvenir-hungry tourists. While shops are full of stereotypical
scenes of palm trees and sunsets, there are also some innovative and talented artists
around.
Michael Adams is the best-known and most distinctive contemporary artist. George Ca-
mille is another highly regarded artist who takes his inspiration from nature. Other notable
artists are Barbara Jenson, who has a studio on La Digue, Gerard Devoud at Baie Lazare
and Nigel Henry at Beau Vallon.
Look out, too, for works by Leon Radegonde, who produces innovative abstract col-
lages; Andrew Gee, who specialises in silk paintings and watercolours of fish; and the
sun-drenched paintings of Christine Harter. The painter and sculptor Egbert Marday pro-
duces powerful sketches of fisherfolk and plantation workers, but is perhaps best known
for the statue of a man with a walking cane, situated outside the courthouse on Victoria's
Independence Ave. Lorenzo Appiani produced the sculptures on the roundabouts at each
end of 5th June Ave in Victoria.
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Food & Drink
Staples & Specialities
Fish, fish, FISH! And rice. This is the most common combination (
pwason ek diri
in
Creole patois) in the Seychelles, and we won't complain - fish is guaranteed to be served
ultra-fresh and literally melts in your mouth. You'll devour
bourgeois
,
capitaine
, shark,
job
, parrotfish, caranx, grouper and tuna, among others. To bring variety, they are cooked
in innumerable guises: grilled, steamed, minced, smoked, stewed, salted, baked, wrapped
in a banana leaf; the list goes on and on.
Seafood lovers will have found their spiritual home in the Seychelles; lobster, crab,
shellfish and octopus are widely available.
