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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?
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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.
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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?
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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.
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Steelpan Pioneers
Steelpan Pioneers
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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A little local rhythm

The Best of Trinidad Carnival 2009

TUCO Prize Giving Function 2009
TUCO Prize Giving Function
April 06, 2009

NACC Kings Go Forth 2009
NACC Kings Go Forth
March 08, 2009

Veronica Roberts and Calypso Rose at Mas Camp Pub
Veronica Roberts & Calypso Rose at Mas Camp Pub

Carnival Tuesday Parade of the Bands
Carnival Tuesday
Parade of the Bands

Jouvert in PoS 2009
Jouvert in PoS
February 23, 2009

Jouvert in Manzanilla
Jouvert in Manzanilla
February 23, 2009

Chutney Survivor at Sting Nightclub
Chutney Survivor
at Sting Nightclub

Junior Carnival 2009
Junior Carnival
February 21, 2009

Sharon's Nursery School Carnival 2009 Jump-Up
Sharon's Nursery School Carnival 2009 Jump-Up

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NACC's Kings Go Forth 2009
Event Date: March 08, 2009
NACC's Kings Go Forth 2009The National Action Cultural Committee (NACC) held their 25th annual Kings Go Forth Calypso show on Saturday 8th March, 2009, at the SWWTU Hall in Port of Spain. The show featured the top Calypso performers from the 2009 Carnival season...
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Rivas, Alves Win Schools Soca Monarch
Event Date: February 13, 2009
Rivas, Alves Win Schools Soca Monarch 2009Caribbean Prestige Promotions (CPF) presented their 10th annual National Schools Soca Monarch at the Queen's Park Savannah on the 13th February, 2009. Before a large audience of parents, teachers and school children...
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Calypso Fiesta 2009
Event Date: February 14, 2009
Calypso Fiesta 2009The Trinbago Unified Calypsonians Organisation (TUCO) held their National Monarch semi finals at Skinner Park, San Fernando on Saturday 14th February, 2009. Thousands of Calypso enthusiasts turned up for this event...
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Salick wins Chutney Soca Monarch
Event Date: February 02, 2009
Salick wins 2009 Chutney Soca MonarchKenrick Salick captured the 2009 Chutney Soca Monarch title before a large crowd at Skinner Park, San Fernando. Singing "Radica" a love song composed from the experience of his wife leaving him 16 years ago...
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Winsford 'Joker' Devine Speaks
September 12, 2007
Winsford 'Joker' Devine SpeaksCreator 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"...
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The Mighty Duke Speaks
October 03, 2007
The Mighty Duke SpeaksKelvin Pope, known in the Calypso world as 'The Mighty Duke', is a legendary Calypsonian whose work spans a period of over fifty years. Born in 1930 in Point Fortin, south Trinidad...
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