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?
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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.
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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?
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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.
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Steelpan Pioneers
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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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Carnival Dates
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2009 February
23rd - 24th
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2010 February
15th - 16th
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Trinidad & Tobago Calypso, Soca and Carnival 2008
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Time Left for Carnival 2009 :
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NYAC's Pioneers Calypso Prize-Giving
April 25, 2008
The National Youth Action Committee (NYAC) held their prize-giving function on Friday 11th April, 2008, at the AV room at NALIS, Port of Spain. This function awarded the participants of the 2008 Pioneers Calypso Competition held earlier in the year. Continue ...
NACC Kings Go Forth 2008
February 16, 2008
The National Action Cultural Committee (NACC) held their 24th Annual post-Carnival Kings Go Forth event that highlighted all the winners and stars of the 2008 Carnival season on Friday 24th February, 2008, at the St. James Amphitheatre... Continue ...
The Splendor of Carnival 2008
February 22, 2008
The 2008 Carnival season, Boxing Day through the Carnival Tuesday on February 5th, came to a climatic end in Trinidad and Tobago as thousands of masqueraders and onlookers swarmed the main city centers for the various Carnival street parades.... Continue ...
Insomnia 2008: Soca Flowed Like Water
February 02, 2008
Traffic crawled along the road leading to the Chaguaramas peninsula as the annual Insomnia fete came off at the spacious Mobs2 compound. This annual fete did not start until 2 a.m., and as is the usual tradition, went well into the day... Continue ...

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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
Kelvin Pope, known in the Calypso world as 'The Mighty Duke', is a legendary Calypsonian whose work spans a period of over fifty years. Born in 1930 in Point Fortin, south Trinidad... Continue ...
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MORE ARTICLES
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- Ferdie and Erphaan: Schools' Soca Monarch Winners - January 25, 2008
- Bmobile Soca in the Square - January 21-25, 2008
- O.G. and Blue, Synergy Soca Stars - January 22, 2008
- Mighty Diamond is 2008 Young King - January 21, 2008
- Ladies Night Out Concert 2008 - January 18, 2008
- Chutney-Soca Monarch Semi Finals - January 09, 2008
- Jervae Caesar, 2008 NYAC Star of Tomorrow - January 06, 2008
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