Blowing the conch shell was a means for escaped slaves to communicate across the mountains and dense forests they ran away to. They had complex coding through the varied conch shell sounds that slave owners could not understand the meanings behind the conch horn. A story via oral history of Saint Lucia states that slaves were told when they heard the sound of the conch - they knew that they were free. The conch shell was then sounded on Emancipation day across the valleys. #knowyourcaribbean #co

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It highlights the music of the Florida Keys. The annual Key West Conch Shell Blowing Contest a/k/a "The Conch Honk." The 58th annual edition was staged Saturday by the Island Restoration Foundation. Canadian Alliszon Zaichkowski was named the women’s division winner. The men’s division winner was Vinnie Marturano of Big Pine Key. The Old Island Restoration Foundation was founded in 1960 to advocate preservation of Key West's culture and historic buildings. | The Florida Keys & Key West