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Trinidad Carnival:
Afri-Caribbean Resistance by Corey Gilkes Carnival is colour, no doubt about that. Carnival is revelry, gay abandon - a period when sexual inhibitions are lowered, all this is true. The "Mas" has also become very much a world festival - a period where the creative genius of people no matter what ethnic background, can be showcased for the entire world to admire, but Carnival as a forum for resistance to oppression? Continue... |
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Canboulay Riots by Michael Anthony Canboulay, or properly written "Cannes Brulees", means "burning cane", and this commemorated the putting-out of cane fires during slavery. After slavery it became one of the important and deep-rooted festivals of the black people and was marked by ribald dancing and the lighted flambeaus carried in the street. Continue... |
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Ancient Influences in T & T Carnival by Deborah John The word 'jamet', is it as generally accepted simply derived from the French diametre, meaning the other half or underworld character, or is there another derivation and an even deeper meaning? Continue... |
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The Carnival Story 162 Years Of Mas by Terry Joseph From the inception of street parades in 1839 and for more than 100 years thereafter, the celebration flowed in two distinctly different social streams - upper and lower classes - occasionally coming to confluence in times of overt patriotism. Continue... |
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Carnival in Trinidad (1953) Digital file made from a 16mm print preserved by the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin. Running Time: 13 minutes. Trinidad and Tobago Calypso Monarch Winners here and here |
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The year 1935 is generally accepted as the watershed year for the transition from bamboo to metal. That year the Newtown Tamboo Bamboo band led by Lord Humbugger, discarded their lengths of bamboo and took to the streets for J'Ouvert with a full complement of metal containers. These included garbage bins and covers, biscuit drums, paint cans, brake drums, chamber pots and bottles and spoons. Continue... |
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2011 March 07th - 08th |
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2012 February 20th - 21th |
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2013 February 11th - 12th |
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2014 March 03rd - 04th |
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2015 February 16th - 17th |
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2016 February 08th - 09th |
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2017 February 27th - 28th |
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2018 February 12th - 13th |
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2019 March 04th - 05th |
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2020 February 24th - 25th |
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