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…
Kiddies Carnival (NCC Junior Parade of the Bands) – BdC10
The National Carnival Commission (NCC) held their Junior Parade of the bands today in Port-of-Spain. Here are a few shots.…
Welcome to Blogging de Carnival 2018
Above, Jeron Pierre and Stefano Orlando Marcano, spitting fire with Paramin Blue Devils. Welcome to Blogging de Carnival 2018! Happy…
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…
TB to Protest Mas on Emancipation Day – Ogun, Haiti, Africans
Chipping through editing my albums bit by bit and I enjoyed this video earlier this week so I wanted to…
Photo of the Week (FBF) The Visionary Space Activator Mama
I’ve been going through my archives and I came upon these photos earlier this week. Decided I’d save them for…
BdC2015 6 Paramin Blue Devils at Canboulay (Video)
[wpvideo V5PNdZaD] Here is a quick clip from the Paramin Blue Devils at the old time carnival following Canboulay at…
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.
Welcome to Blogging de Carnaval 2013!
Youth from the Kilimanjaro School for the Arts on Carnival Saturday 2012 in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad In the words I quoted…
Welcome Back! Baltimore Carnival
Hello friends, I missed you. Sorry for the hiatus. Here are some photos from last month’s Baltimore/DC One Carnival. There…
Photo of the Week: Blasts from the Past (BdC 16/21)
Mas is not entirely the domain of Port-of-Spain. Events take place in almost every town in Trinidad & Tobago. Here…
Go Deep and Find Something Worthwhile (BdC 36/36)*
This post has many links for your edification and enjoyment. Young masquerader in Native American costume, Trinidad Carnival. This…
Celebration – Thanks for Supporting Studio Lafoncette Photography!
My dear friends we’ve done it. Yesterday this blog surpassed the 10,000 visit milestone. Give yourselves a round of applause.…
Mas for Whom? (BdC 32/36)
Masquerader in Roy Pierre’s NY Jouvert Band 2010 Masquerader in Macfarlane’s 2011 presentation This is a New York…
Hard to find this Carnival season: Burrokeet (BdC 30/36)
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…
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…
Indian Mas (BdC 15/36)
Indian Mas in Trinidad & Tobago Indian Mas, Carnival 2009 Calypsonian, researcher, Dr. Hollis “Chalkdust” Liverpool explains in his…
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…
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’,…
Dame Lorraine, Bra and Panty Mas (BdC 2/36)
A traditional Dame Lorraine, DC Carnival Bra & Panty Mas, DC Carnival The Dame Lorraine was a creation of…
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…