Rosemarie Kuru Jaggesar Rosemarie Kuru Jaggesar, backstage at the NCC Queen of the Bands Semi-Final Competition, Carnival 2010 When…
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…
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…
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…
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’,…
I’m Posting Every Week in 2011
I’ve decided I want to blog more. Rather than just thinking about doing it, I’m starting right now. I will…
Return and Get It – Blogging de “Canaval” (1/36)
“Se wo were fi na wosan kofa a yenki.” Literally translated it means “it is not taboo to go back…
Goodbye Winter, Hello “Canaval”
Tonight dear friends I bid farewell to winter. The ground hog has not reared his face and tonight we’re expecting…
Photo of the Week – Grenada Spice
It’s hard not to love jouvert. Afterall, what’s not to love about getting up after midnight, doning old clothes you…
It’s Labor Day Carnival Again!
Well folks, the pilgrimage to Brooklyn is on again. We got down to Eastern Parkway and Franklin Ave. this morning just…