I attended the 43rd Caribbean Studies Association Conference in Havana, Cuba where I had two presentations. One of the things…
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…
BdC 2 – Steelpan
Saturday January 28 medium and large steelbands competed in the semi-final round of the National Panorama competition. The semi-final round…
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.…
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…
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…
Ganga Dhashara
The image above was featured in Calendar 2015: Colors of T&T The Ganga Dashara festival takes place on the last…
Discover a Culture Beyond Your Imagination – Oshun Feast
I’ve been invited several times by members of the Shrine of Orumilla, an Ifa shrine in Sangre Grande, Trinidad,…
BdC 2 – Pay de Devil
To the uninitiated devil mas sounds like devil worship – ominous, evil. On the contrary, it is about reflection. The…
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…
Henna Parties and Shaabi Music in Cairo
Several of us were lucky to go to a henna party in Cairo in the summer that led to a second…
Sahel – The Warmth of the Mediterranean Sea
Took these photos from a beach on Egypt’s north coast (Sahel), called El Sahel El Shamaly in a section known…
Al Qahira – Ramadan in The City that Never Sleeps
Food glorious food: among the above choices, fried chicken, babaganoug, foul, falafel, fries, omelettes, a Middle Eastern cheese with tomatoes…
Discovering Cairo
Hello readers, I haven’t shared with you in quite some time because, among other things I’ve been working in the…
BdC16 De Carnival is Over (Maybe)
[wpvideo LhHRYGw8][wpvideo pgEMxalq] Truth be told I resisted doing this post. First I got an epic cold that turned into…
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 12 Canboulay
Jeran Pierre of Paramin Blue Devils as he blasts hell fire The re-enactment of the Canboulay riots in East…
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 10 Gloria Dallsingh, Queen & Ted Eustace, King of Carnival
Thursday night a king and queen were crowned in what used to be up to last year the semi-final round of…
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 8 Panorama Semi-Finals
Nightingales Invaders, including Prime Minister, Dr. Keith Rowley pushing pans on and off stage Birdsong A few images from the…
BdC 7 La-Brea Nightingales Part 2 BdC
La-Brea Nightingales at Semi-Finals In the panyard [wpvideo 8oza4Fgc]
BdC 6 NGC La-Brea Nightingales Pt 1
Slow internet is the bane of my blogging existence. After 5 sad attempts to give you video I gave up.…
BdC 5 Touch D Sky Part 2- The Players
Picking up from yesterday’s post about Touch D Sky moko jumbies we highlight three of the people who play a pivotal…
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 3 Is Fete
Someone (a foreigner :-)) balked at the idea that there would be parties on a Sunday night. As a local…
BdC 2 Jab Jab
Ronald Alfred, leader of the oldest existing Jab Jab troupe in Trinidad carnival. The term Jab Jab comes from the…