ST. CROIX — If it’s mango season in St. Croix, then Mango Melee, the annual mango eating event held at the Botanical Gardens in Estate St. Georges, is around the bend.<\/p>\n
This year, the highly anticipated event — celebrating 21 years — will be held on July 9, according to Botanical Gardens. The all-day affair includes food craft and vendors, music and other entertainment, the Mango Dis, Mango Dat contest, a dunk tank, educational opportunities, and of course, the mango eating competition.<\/p>\n
Approximately one year ago<\/span><\/a>, a\u00a0video\u00a0posted on The Consortium\u2019s Facebook page<\/span><\/a>\u00a0showing the adult mango eating competition has garnered over 339,000 views \u2014 \u00a0one of The Consortium\u2019s most popular video thus far (it\u2019s most popular being that of Kevin Williams Jr. performing Pressure Busspipe\u2019s Virgin Islands Nice<\/span><\/a> with about 344,000 views, and seen by over 1,471,842 people) \u2014 with as many as 686,026 people having seen the post as of today.<\/p>\n Viewers hail from all over the Caribbean and the world, including Jamaica, Trinidad and Antigua, among others, as well as people in Europe and even Japan \u2014 putting the territory, in a rather cool light, on the global map.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat a lovely competition. The mangoes look sweet too,\u201d said\u00a0Lynessa Williams from Grenada.<\/p>\n