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Dave Williams on the health of Trinidad Carnival in Draconian Switch e-Magazine Issue 20

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How the B.O.S.S. was formed: "In those days when you talk about a costume costing sixteen hundred dollars or two thousand dollars, it was considered big money. In those days it was a lot of money just to play mas. Now people pay that for bikini and beads."

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"CRNVL 2014 responds to CRNVL 1888," reeraw (2013)

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A sailor dance grew from locals observing the unsteady walk of the sailors as they came ashore after long periods at sea. Mas players soon copied and elaborated on the choreography of a sailor dance as it was called and competed to develop routines that were interesting and elegant.

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#FancySailor Useful Link/Resource List

traditional carnival character descriptions fancy sailor video dance tut

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peter doig - man dressed as a bat, 2008

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peter minshall, callaloo, carnival 1984

photographer unknown

via overtimett.com

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Peter Minshall - Callaloo (1984) photo Roy Boyke

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Peter Minshall's Man Crab, Washer-Woman, and River on stage at the Savannah, 1983 photo Noel P. Norton

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Carnival in Port of Spain, May 1888

h/t jlckcreative on instagram

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Champs Elysees, Maraval, 2009. Plastic spoons & bottle caps in gold & copper — Auntie Marlene’s Minshall roadwork, 1980s.

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Christopher is a Character.

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rubadiri:

Another picture from my book ‘Meditation on the Traditions’- a documentation of Trinidad and Tobago’s endangered traditional masquerade on the streets on Carnival Monday and Tuesday… This was a magical moment: an individual costume resting in front of the gate of an old Gothic church- the wind caught the wings at the moment the light changed, he bowed his head- the costume looks like a fallen angel or a water deity of some sort…

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sweat and jostle and jostle and push jostle and jostle push and jostle and and shove and move to the pulse riddim pan riddim and beat the beat sweat like a ram goat sweat for so and push and shove and jostle and shove and move hip sway hip wine in your wine and look how we enjoying we self — move hip sway hip slap hip big hip fat hip flat bottom big bottom sweet bottom wine-your-waist bottom. Look we nuh, look how we enjoying we self right here in Canada self and Toronto sweet sweet too bad — but look me crosses! Is not Totoben that? Begging your pardon, Mr. Emmanuel Sandiford Jacobs himself, right here in Canada if you please, carrying on as if he don't give a damn blast or shit. ...For six cold-no-arse months he up at five cold or no cold, travelling two hours straight, punching a clock, working like a robot...But he don't mind, not Totoben, not today...for today Emmanuel Sandiford Jacobs dead dead and Totoben in full sway, riding high, riding hard on University Avenue, T-shirt pull up high high over his belly which big round black and shining like it carrying six months of baby in it a real don't-give-a-damn belly that walking down University Avenue...

CARIBANA: AFRICAN ROOTS & CONTINUITIES — M. Nourbese Philip (via reeraw)