Martinique Rugby Committee NACRA Caribbean Championship. Martinique Rugby Committee The Martinique Rugby Committee (French: "Comité de Rugby de la Martinique", —or officially: "Comité Territorial de Rugby de la Martinique") is a committee under the umbrella of the French Rugby Federation which is the governing body for rugby union within Martinique. It is affiliated with NACRA, which is the regional governing body for North America and the Caribbean, but it is not affiliated with the World Rugby in its own right. As an overseas department of France, Martinique can participate in international competition, but not for the Rugby World Cup. Martinique has thus far
Culture of Martinique genre "compas"), a sophisticated form of music that quickly swept the island and helped unite all the former French colonies of the Caribbean by combining their cultural influences. Webert Sicot, the originator of cadence recorded three LPs albums with French Antilles producers: two with "Celini disques" in Guadeloupe and one with "Balthazar" in Martinique. Haitian compas or cadence bands were asked to integrate Antillean musicians. Consequently, the leading "Les Guais troubadours", with influential singer "Louis Lahens" along other bands, played a very important role in the schooling of Antilleans to the méringue compas or kadans music style. Almost all existing