A host of beautiful dragons adorned Prince Street, East Port-of-Spain yesterday morning for the Dragon Festival. Dragons are a traditional…
Canboulay 2019 BdC 2
The re-enactment of the Canboulay Riots was staged in Picadilly Greens this morning from 4:00 AM. This street play is…
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 3 – Calypso Fiesta: The Festival of Kaiso & Love
Forty calypsonians competed for 15 spots to challenge reining calypso monarch of 2017, Hollis Liverpool, Chalkdust. Calypso Fiesta is not…
Traditional Characters BdC9
Stick around if you can after Canboulay and see the traditions of mas combined with some new and innovative twists…
BdC 8 Canboulay Riots Re-enactment
I have a confession. The first time I saw the enactment of the Canboulay riots I cried. It wasn’t…
BdC 2 – Pay de Devil
To the uninitiated devil mas sounds like devil worship – ominous, evil. On the contrary, it is about reflection: holding…
Welcome to Blogging de Carnival 2017 – BdC1 Mas is Life
“Se wo were fi na wosan kofa a yenki.” Literally translated it means “it is not taboo to go…
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…
BdC 14 Guaracara Park Kiddies
Guaracara Park Kiddies carnival was one of the first children’s events for the season. Children are lucky because they get…
BdC 13 After the Canboulay
There’s always an after party of sorts after Canboulay, first where the drummers and chantuelles hang back to play and…
BdC 11 Traditional Mas at Adam Smith Square
It was traditional Indian, Robber, bat, Baby Doll, jail break selfies, devils, sailors and moko jumbis at Adam Smith Square…
BdC 9 Queens and Kings Preliminary Round
Last night adult competitive mas got off to a start at the Queens Park Savannah. There are only two rounds…
BdC 7 La-Brea Nightingales Part 2 BdC
La-Brea Nightingales at Semi-Finals In the panyard [wpvideo 8oza4Fgc]
Bdc 4 Touch D’ Sky Moko Jumbies Pt 1
This is part 1 in a series of interviews I did with a few members of Touch D Sky Moko…
BdC 5 Carnival Tabanca
I’ve been suffering an extreme case of Carnival Tabanca. Therefore, Carnival is over, but this BdC is not done. I shall be posting on traditional mas, Blue Devils, Canboulay, Monday and Tuesday mas, fancy sailors, some of the winners, my little band and as much as I can find for you for a little while more.
Blogging de Carnaval 2015 BdC1 – Wisdom to Remember
Welcome to Blogging de Carnaval 2015 (BdC 2015). I suspect you all thought this wouldn’t happen didn’t you. I have…
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 10/32 Black-I – Warriors of Huracan
A small traditional community band, the Black Indians have been playing this mas for many years. This year Vulgar Fraction…
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…
BdC 7/32 Anti-Master Narratives
Hi folks, Seems like the talk is dominated by what’s going on with the big name bands. Actually most…
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 &…
BdC 2/32 Bois (Artifical Sweeteners Included)
NCC officials, Learie Licorish (centre), representing the champion Gayelle – Campbell Trace, Libertville, NCC Chairman, Allison Dumas Stick fighting and the…
BdC 2014 1/? Carnival – The Not So New Ancestral Festival
Welcome to Blogging de Carnval 2014. I’ve been messing about, procrastinating, deliberating on where/how to begin this year’s series. I…
Recap – Blogging de Carnaval
And we’re back. I know I’ve been away for sometime folks. I have been actively shooting but just not blogging…
Photo of the Week 10/52 Final Product – Monkey Business
Wouldn’t you know it, the symbol for the number 10 in whe whe* is monkey. I followed the production of…
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…