The ultimate “tropic like it’s hot” mango event is gearing up to hit SoFlo, and just in time for June’s Carribean Heritage Month. It’s a mango extravaganza full of tropical vibes — and, of course, the king of all fruits takes center stage.

From green, red, yellow, to somewhere in between, mangoes are the ultimate universal fruit. And there’s different ways to eat them.

Calibe Thompson: “As a Jamaican, you bite the skin, you peel the skin out. Some of us eat the whole skin, and you suck the seed dry. That’s the right way to do it.”

There’s no right or wrong way to chow down at Island SPACE Mango Festival.

Calibe Thompson: “An interesting feature of this year’s Mango Festival: We’re going to have a mango sommelier, right? So, and we’ll have flights of mango. You can buy mango soap, mango

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