Launch yourself into the New Year with hope, acceptance, intention. I encourage you to keep discovering a culture –…
Photo of the Week 52/52
These girls wanted their photo taken together. Kiddies Carnival in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, West Indies My word, we’ve come to the…
Photo of The Week 46/52 – Grow a Little Mas Child, Why Don’t Ya
I’ve been looking at a lot of children’s mas photos this week. It takes all of us working to…
Symbols of Power & Rebellion
In mas the Jab Jab is a symbol of resistance, the Indian, a symbol of solidarity with other oppressed peoples.…
BdC 47/52 Pan
Clive Zander conducts for Siparia Deltones in the Panorama Finals 2012 Exodus Pannist in her zone as they…
Always Look on The Bright Side of Life
š Enjoy L You can see more of theseĀ on the Studio LafoncetteĀ FacebookĀ and, while you’re at it, Like the page why…
Lovely Day, Lovely Image
Good morning folks. Took a week off to attend to some very important stuff. Now I’m back and I’m…
BdC Lagniappe 45/52: Making a Pierrot Costume
This Moko Jumbie is dressed in pierrot garb. Different strips of fabric areĀ torn and attached to an underlying thin suit.…
Accomplishment!
Morning folks. This weekend we reached a great milestone, of which we’re very proud here. There have been over 30,000…
Photo of the Week 43/52 – Little Found Treasures
A couple weeks ago I discovered several carnival photos I’d takenĀ on my sister’s screensaver. I was exclaiming with surprise,Ā “Hey,…
BdC Lagniappe 44/52 Adding Spark to Your Presentation
At least for the past 12 years lots of mas camps in Trinidad have been adding surprises to their presentations…
Keep Your Head Up
I just like this. Enjoy L
Magic Mondays
Hurricane Sandy has battered the Greater Antillies this past week causing destruction and, unfortunately death. It is turning into…
BdC Lagniappe 43/52 – How you do Junkanoo in the Bahamas
I had the amazing opportunity to visit The Bahamas and to get an insider’s view of the Junkanoo shacks* there…
Bliss
“Young” vintage 3Canal Jouvert. Bliss. š Enjoy L
Blue (for Dan)/ BdC Lagniappe
Masquerader from Tribe’s Birds of a Feather – African Love Bird section, Carnival 2009Masquerader from a section of Tribe’s Birds…
Red
Another soucouyant
Gele in Brooklyn Jouvert
What did they not have in Brooklyn Jouvert? Seems they had everything. Here is this smiling beauty adorned in…
Brooklyn Jouvert – Roy Pierre’s Harlequins & Pierrots
A masquerader from Roy Pierre’s jouvert band 2012, Harlequins & Pierrots. This band tends to be well-costumed, gets a lot…
Photo of the Week 38/52 Roland Guy – A Woman’s Work is Never Done
This is Roland Guy. He has been playing Dame Lorraine for the past 35 years he tells me. Roland doesn’t…
Soucouyant – Kankalang Village from Brooklyn Jouvert
Kankalang Village, a band depicting “bachannal” and “comese” in village life i.e. small town gossip and drama, was another…
BdC Lagniappe: How Make Statements Through Mas
Wednesday is BdC Lagniappe day, where I give some how-to information about mas. Ā So here it is, how to make…
More Brooklyn Jouvert – Pagwah
Pagwah is a hindi wordĀ used in Trinidad & Tobago for the Hindu Spring festival of Holi. This Brooklyn Jouvert…
Start Your Week with a Bang! (Wild Wild West)
Warrior in Wild Wild West for Brooklyn Jouvert 2012 So apparently Brooklyn Jouvert is a hot item. I always like…
Photo of the Week 37/52 – Is Jus A Photo
No lesson today. I just like this photo. From the Brooklyn Jouvert band, Pagwah. So many images left. I…
Grenada Jab Jab
The largest most enigmatic (some say crazy) band of revelers on Jouvert morning in Brooklyn is the Grenada Jab…
BdC Lagniappe – Zulu Mas in Trinidad & New Orleans
Someone asked me about these costumes and said that it was really non-traditional. Actually, this is considered traditional mas in…
Oil Downers Jouvert 2012 – Criminals At Large
Oil Downers, a band from Brooklyn New York played Criminals at Large this year. It was pretty much their same…
Caroni Swamp
The mangrove at Caroni Swamp, Trinidad, West Indies.
Uprising
This is not a person but a bobolee – ie. a straw man, a scare grow of the Guy Falkes…