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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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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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2009 February 23rd - 24th |
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2010 February 15th - 16th |
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NACC's Kings Go Forth 2009 Event Date: March 08, 2009 Continue ... Rivas, Alves Win Schools Soca Monarch Event Date: February 13, 2009 Continue ... Calypso Fiesta 2009 Event Date: February 14, 2009 Continue ... Salick wins Chutney Soca Monarch Event Date: February 02, 2009 Continue ...  |
PHOTO ALBUMS 2009 Calypso/Soca Photo Albums 2008 Calypso/Soca Photo Albums 2007 Calypso/Soca Photo Albums 2006 Calypso/Soca Photo Albums All TriniSoca.com Photo Albums Winsford 'Joker' Devine Speaks September 12, 2007  Creator of such Calypso gems as "Progress", "In Time to Come", "Somebody", "Steelband Woman", "Saltfish", "This World Don't Like Nothing Black", "Phillip My Dear", "Take Me Back Africa"...Continue ... The Mighty Duke Speaks October 03, 2007 Continue ... More interviews and tributes to Calypsonians |
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