So I’ve heard, carnival is over, but it’s okay to still blog about it. And I’ve also heard, I owe…
The Carnival is Over (Blogging de Carnaval 29/36)
Full disclosure, I am exhausted. I did my due diligence in honor of the ancestors today. Someone shared a comment…
Jouvert 2011 Vulgar Fraction/ 3Canal – I AM ReEvolution (BdC 27/36)
I am de thorn in yuh side, I am de Jamette who doh hide. I am de picka in yuh…
Paramin Blue Devils (BdC 26/36)
Yes, that is a live chicken. So folks, the rebellion will be blogged (and televised), just not for the…
Kiddies Carnival 2011 (BdC 25/36)
Images from today’s Kiddies Carnival. The Parade spans at least 15 blocks in the capitol city of Port-of-Spain. The children…
Canboulay 2011 (BdC 24/36)
Canboulay 2011 was marred by the explosion of a transformer that caused sparks to fly into the air and…
I Am de Picka in Yuh Bam Bam (BdC 23/36)
Attended the 3Canal 2011 carnival show last night: ReEvolution TIME. It was very good. 3Canal is a well-known, well loved…
De Bookman (BdC 22/36)
Beelzebub with his Book with all the names of his subjects. The Bookman is a traditional carnival character that holds…
Other Traditional Characters – Baby Doll, Cowboys (BdC 21/36)
Baby Doll questioning Pierott Grenade at the Canboulay Re-enactment 2010 The Baby Doll is another traditional carnival character. Sometimes portrayed…
Jamette Carnival (BdC 20/36)
The term Jamette carnival was used by the upper classes in the mid to late 19th century…
Calypso Fiesta (BdC 20/36)
Emrold “Brother Valentino” Phillip rounding up the calypso semi-finals. South people know how to throw a party. And that’s exactly what Calypso Fiesta…
Red Cross Kiddes Carnival (BdC 19/36)
Little masquerader from the Lilliput Children’s Theatre’s Changing of the Guard It was really hard to choose a photo…
Putting it all together (Kids) (BdC 18/36)
Top photo, young masquerader from Lilliput’s Lagahoo in 2009, immediately above, masqueraders from their 2010 Uprising. People wonder about the…
Mud Mas (BdC 17/36)
Many non-“West Indians”* wonder what on earth this mud mas thing is about. Why do people smear clay on…
Sailor Mas (BdC 16/36)
Sailor Mas is another element of connectedness with the rest of the world that is evident in Trinidad & Tobago…
Indian Mas (BdC 15/36)
Indian Mas in Trinidad & Tobago Indian Mas, Carnival 2009 Calypsonian, researcher, Dr. Hollis “Chalkdust” Liverpool explains in his…
Rosemarie Kuru Jaggesar (BdC 14/36)
Rosemarie Kuru Jaggesar Rosemarie Kuru Jaggesar, backstage at the NCC Queen of the Bands Semi-Final Competition, Carnival 2010 When…
Inez Gold, Mas Woman (BdC 13/36)
Inez Gould, Sorceress of the Ruby Inez Gould has been playing mas since 1994 with D’Crew. She describes…
Anra Bobb, Mas Woman Extraordinaire (BdC 12/36)
ANRA BOBB Anra Bobb’s house is overflowing with trophies of her national and regional titles. Her husband and partner was…
Lenore Caterson, International Mas Woman (BdC 11/36)
LENORE CATERSON ADITI – GODDESS OF THE PAST & FUTURE Lenore Caterson is a Trinidadian native now living in Montreal…
Mas Women – Gwendolyn Smith (BdC 10/36)
Gwendolyn Smith – Ibis Queen OF Caroni In 2009 Gwendolyn Smith was a first time carnival Queen. She told…
Big Mas (Mas Women etc.) BdC 9/36
Queens of carnival aren’t your run of the mill beauty queens. For the most part they a big people –…
Soca (BdC 8/36)
Soca is a “descendant” of calypso. The term was coined in the 1970s, and the genre is attributed to Garfield…
Canboulay – This Myth that Carnival is About Lent (BdC 7/36)
To begin, Canboulay comes from the “Creolization” of the french words, cannes brulées, or burning canes. Burning cane fields as…
Le Pays-wo (Pierrot Grenade) (BdC 7/36)
According to Hollis “Chalkdust” Liverpool, PhD, the Pierrot Grenade is a form of mas that combines the French Pierrot and…
The Midnight Robber BdC (6/36)
Midnight Robbers, circa 1955, La-Brea, Trinidad, West Indies Moko Jumbie Robber, 2009, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad They come like thieves…
They call them spirits, ancestors. We call them Moko Jumbie (BdC 5/36)
As a child I would be scared of my life of the tall imposing figures dominating the scene at carnival.…
Before Calypso there was Kaiso, Kalenda and Griot (BdC 4/36)
Joanne “Tigress” Rowley’s performance of “Yuh Ain’t See Wajang Yet” gave her the 2nd place at Dimanche Gras 2009 …
Devils, Jab Jab, Jab Molassie (BdC 3/36)
A Paramin Blue Devil near Queens Park Savannah on Carnival Tuesday night, 2009 Devils, Jab Molassie (Molasses Devil) Anti sinnin’,…