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Trinidad Carnival:
Afri-Caribbean Resistance by Corey Gilkes Carnival is colour, no doubt about that. Carnival is revelry, gay abandon - a period when sexual inhibitions are lowered, all this is true. The "Mas" has also become very much a world festival - a period where the creative genius of people no matter what ethnic background, can be showcased for the entire world to admire, but Carnival as a forum for resistance to oppression? Continue... |
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Canboulay Riots by Michael Anthony Canboulay, or properly written "Cannes Brulees", means "burning cane", and this commemorated the putting-out of cane fires during slavery. After slavery it became one of the important and deep-rooted festivals of the black people and was marked by ribald dancing and the lighted flambeaus carried in the street. Continue... |
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Ancient Influences in T & T Carnival by Deborah John The word 'jamet', is it as generally accepted simply derived from the French diametre, meaning the other half or underworld character, or is there another derivation and an even deeper meaning? Continue... |
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The Carnival Story 162 Years Of Mas by Terry Joseph From the inception of street parades in 1839 and for more than 100 years thereafter, the celebration flowed in two distinctly different social streams - upper and lower classes - occasionally coming to confluence in times of overt patriotism. Continue... |
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The year 1935 is generally accepted as the watershed year for the transition from bamboo to metal. That year the Newtown Tamboo Bamboo band led by Lord Humbugger, discarded their lengths of bamboo and took to the streets for J'Ouvert with a full complement of metal containers. These included garbage bins and covers, biscuit drums, paint cans, brake drums, chamber pots and bottles and spoons. Continue... |
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Dream Team 2009 Carnival Launch 'One' October 10, 2008 Continue ... Ronnie & Caro's 2009 'Bakkanal' Launch August 29, 2008 Continue ... Young King 2008 Prize-Giving August 12, 2008 Continue ... Soca for Summer 2008 July 19, 2008 Continue ...  |
LATEST PHOTO ALBUMS COTT 10th Annual Music Awards November 06, 2008 Legacy Band Launch 2009: Kingdom of the Dragon October 18, 2008 Dream Team Carnival 2009 Presentation 'One' October 10, 2008 NACC Emancipation Calypso Competition 2008 September 18, 2008 Ronnie and Caro's 2009 Mas Band Launch 'Bakkanal' August 29, 2008 Young Kings Prize-Giving 2008 August 12, 2008 Sugar Aloes and Cro Cro in Concert August 09, 2008 NWAC 24th Annual Calypso Queen Prize-Giving July 18, 2008 2008 Calypso/Soca Photo Albums 2007 Calypso/Soca Photo Albums All TriniSoca.com Photo Albums Winsford 'Joker' Devine Speaks September 12, 2007  Creator of such Calypso gems as "Progress", "In Time to Come", "Somebody", "Steelband Woman", "Saltfish", "This World Don't Like Nothing Black", "Phillip My Dear", "Take Me Back Africa"...Continue ... The Mighty Duke Speaks October 03, 2007 Continue ... |
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