Ole mas is the term used for mas/ costumes created with used materials, most often things found around the…
Pan and Fete in the Air (BdC 4/21)
Tenors, Nalo Safi Thomas and Dane Gulston, members of the Neal & Massy Trinidad All Stars, showing how it’s done…
Photo of the Week 5/52 (BdC 3/21): Blasts from the Past
Curtis Eustace, King of Carnival 2000 in his portrayal of De Rough Rider, from Barbarosa’s presentation, Xtassy I’ve been shooting…
Tamboo Bamboo (BdC 2/21)
A tamboo bamboo band at Canboulay Riots Re-enactment As with many African traditions, drumming was outlawed in the colonies of…
Welcome to Blogging de Carnaval 2012 (1/21)
A young Pierrot Grenade on Carnival Saturday 2011 in the NCC Kiddies Carnival Parade This image and others are available…
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.…
Photo of the Week (37/52): Weekly Photo Challenge – Faces
Blue Devil Belles They were really too cute to be scary. I had to ask them to make scary faces.…
Caribana 2011
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Carnival Tout Bagay – A Lil Bit of Everything
I attended a part of the forum held at WPFW by Caribbeana last Saturday to discuss the DC Caribbean Carnival.…
Exhibit at New Horizons, Children’s National Medical Center
This and other images will be on display at Children’s National Medical Center until June 17. Stop by and have…
Mardi Gras Indians (Bdc 36/36)
Walter, aka Spy Boy Trigga, of the 9th Ward Seminole Mardi Gras Indians I’ve blogged before about Indian mas…
Flag Woman (BdC 34/36)
Flag Woman from Tobago’s Redemtion Sound Setters, at Panorama 2011 In the old tradition of gang fighting, non-corporate sponsored steelbands…
Minstrels (BdC 33/36)
Came across a group of Minstrels in the park on the corner of Robert and Murry Streets in Woodbrook, Port-of-Spain…
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…
East Indians in T&T Carnival (BdC 31/36)
Member of a Tassa band during Jouvert at Labour Day Carnival, Brooklyn, New York In blogging de carnaval I’ve…
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…
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…
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…