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…
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…
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 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…
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…
BdC Lagniappe 45/52: Making a Pierrot Costume
This Moko Jumbie is dressed in pierrot garb. Different strips of fabric are torn and attached to an underlying thin suit.…
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. So here it is, how to make…
More Brooklyn Jouvert – Pagwah
Pagwah is a hindi word 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…
Uprising
This is not a person but a bobolee – ie. a straw man, a scare grow of the Guy Falkes…
BdC Lagniape 3: A Lesson in Inquiry
This image hangs above my bed right now. It’s part of a series I took in 2011. It totally doesn’t…
Monday Morning Light
Hi folks, Masquerader from 3Canal’s Jouvert Presentation for 2012: Occupy Hope a little light shines into your Monday morning. Enjoy…
Photo of the Week (11/52)
Just to put a smile on your face. Happy weekend Enjoy L
Bdc Lagniappe 2 – Structure
What makes Trinidad mas stand out from some other carnivals is the broad emphasis on masqueraders individually carrying their costumes…
Photo of the Week (10/52): Moko Jumbie
Kemar Vincent playing Sun God from Junior Bisnath’s Kaisokah School of Arts They represent the ancestors. I never get tired…
BdC Lagniappe* 1: Mas Camp
Mas Camp Definition: a place where individuals design, construct, sew, decorate, create mas. Traditionally mas camps would be the nucleus…
Ah Still Here, Just hiding
Just letting you know I’m still here. A follow-up to BdC is coming, we’ll call it a lagniappe, just…
Mardi Gras, De Carnival is Over (BdC 21/21)
This series has come to an end, and so has carnival 2012. In Port-of-Spain the police shut down last lap…
“J’ouvert baway-o, pa metay la main asou yo”* (BdC 20/21)
3Canal Occupying de Savannah first thing in de morning to wake up de place. J’ouvert baway-o pa metay la main…
Dimanche Gras: De Hunt is On! (BdC 19.5/21)
Dwayne O’Connor wins calypso monarch competition and MacFarlane’s Queen wins Queen of the Bands 2012.
Panorama 2012 Results: All Stars Takes Prize (BdC 19/21)
Neal and Massy Trinidad All Stars scored highest points to win the first prize in Trinidad & Tobago’s Panorama…