A host of beautiful dragons adorned Prince Street, East Port-of-Spain yesterday morning for the Dragon Festival. Dragons are a traditional…
Welcome to Blogging De Carnival 2019 BdC1
Welcome to Blogging de Carnival 2019. I know at least a few of you wondered why I was MIA. To…
Discovering Cairo
Hello readers, I haven’t shared with you in quite some time because, among other things I’ve been working in the…
BdC 15 Red Cross Kiddies Carnival
These little ones pranced in the hot sun for Red Cross Kiddies carnival last Saturday. Attendance has been decidedly low…
Maroon Chief of Accompong Town Dies in House Fire
I was sad to learn that over a week ago Mr. Hansley “Rupi” Reid, an elder from the Maroon community…
Old Traditions, More Than Just a Carnival
Fancy sailor and fancy indian accompanying one of the two main steelbands at DC Caribbean Carnival circa 2007 A…
Visual Picong and Satire in Kaiso
Supporter for Brian London who sang the kaiso, Call Them Out (Lyrics below) Good morning all. I have been…
BdC 9/32 Carnival Tuesday in Port-of-Spain Part 1 – Feathers
Carnival Tuesday in Port-of-Spain meant mas at many venues. Among them was the new “Socadrome” named apparently inspired by the Sambadromo…
NCC Kiddies Carnival Parade in Pos BdC 6/32
Kiddies carnival was interesting, confusing, frustrating and joyous today. All of that in one beautiful, hot day. More later…
BdC 5/32 Red Cross Kiddies Carnival
Children came out to play serious mas yesterday at the Trinidad & Tobago Red Cross Society’s annual Kiddies Carnival competition.…
BdC 3/32 Guaracara Kiddies Mas
Last Sunday children’s Denzil-Patrick Jennings, king of the band Gems of the Caribbean from Eckles Village AC School &…
Thursday’s Child – Born Superstar
Looking through my photos I discovered images of this child from 2012 and this year. However, I’d say, she…
Monday’s Child
I’ve been repeating this theme of the poem Monday’s child for a couple weeks now. It begins “Monday’s child is…
Thursday’s Child – Vaughnecia Mieres Has Far to Go
Vaughnecia Mieres, portrays “Round and Around We Go” from Carnival Babies’ 2013 presentation – Shape it Up I’ve been paying…
Fair of Face
Photographing kiddies carnival you can never tire of so many pretty brown faces in costume all over the island. It…
Monday’s Child
Hello world! I hope you’ve had a good weekend. Continuing my theme from last week here’s another graceful young…
Photo of the Week 18/52 Friday’s Child
From Rosalind Gabriel’s 2011 presentation, The Story Teller Been holding out to give you this one. I love it and…
Looking Galactic, Going Far
This little lady was a section leader in Spoiled Rotten Kids’ 2011 presentation Nomads. Enjoy L
Full of Grace
This beautiful child is from the section on Roma people in the band Nomads, presented in 2011 by Spoiled Rotten…
Monday’s Child – Kiddies Carnivals Past
Pierrot Grenade in the downtown Kiddies Carnival Parade 2011 Hello all, I’ve been away for some time and quite busy…
BdC Lagniappe 3 More of Señor Gomez’s 2013 Work
Hi folks, This is another costume that was created by master wire bender, Narcenio Señor Gomez this year. It is…
On Beauty
Morning all, Here’s a throwback to 2010. This child is in the Mud Volcano section of Rosalind Gabriel’s “Nah Leaving”,…
BdC Lagniappe 2 – Cultural Appropriation, Syncretism, Mas, Culture
Today’s post is inspired by a video clip I saw of MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry talking about the troublesome mis-appropriation of…
Photo of the Week 9/52 – Spark of Confidence
Starlight” portrayed by Elyse Babooram from the band “Shape it Up” by Carnival Babies. I’ve been feeling the brightness, the…
BdC Lagniappe 1
Normally I try to run a lagniappe to Blogging de Carnval just to keep on highlighting the less known facts…
BdC 32/42 Regional Carnival (Gasparillo)
Adorable little masqueraders from INCLUSION Carnival from La-Brea. Their portrayal for 2013: Islands In The Sun – Celebrating Caribbean Champions…
BdC 21/42 Happy Corner
Drummer from Point Fortin Rhythm section at Sea View bar, San Fernando for a sponsored carnival activity. All kinds of…
BdC 13/14 Diva Gear
Any good fete has great artistes performing. And any great artistes need to be outfitted to the max, especially…
Photo of the Week 2/52: BdC 7/42 Blast from the Past
Update: Masassassin is the winner of the prize. The above photo is indeed of the great Trinidadian Andre Tanker on…
BdC 6/42 Syncretism and Carnival
Syncretism: 1 : the combination of different forms of belief or practice 2 : the fusion of two or more originally different…