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Stickfighting: Gi Dem Bwa!
BySoyiniMy new favourite thing for Carnival isn’t new at all. It’s a traditional martial art, or fighting style, that was born in Trinidad to African and Indian parents and seems to be having a revival. It’s called Kalinda or Stickfighting. I first went to Stickfighting last year, and had a blast. My favourite thing are…
What To Eat In Trinidad.
One of the things I missed the most about home when I lived away was the food. It’s crazy how many cultures influenced what we eat regularly in Trinidad and Tobago. You can literally taste our history. I remember when I was a student at UWI, Mona a classmate’s husband was on a business trip…
A Caribbean Culture Reader
BySoyiniMeagan Sylvester shared this on her page last September 2nd. It popped up in my Facebook reminder and I thought, that this is the best place to post it, because it’s such a great list of papers and essays on our music and Carnival customs etc. So without further adieu: Mason, Peter. 1998. Bacchanal? The…
Where’s Culture in Trinidad’s Budget?
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwIcwKdgQ64?rel=0] The conversation on my Facebook feed after the budget was read out, is that this Government, like it’s predecessors (regardless of party) doesn’t understand or value the creative sector. Finance Minister Colm Imbert spoke of spending $25 million to re-install a state of the art audio system in the National Academy of the…
Understanding the Cultural Significance of Wining in Trinidad
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A Carnival Post Mortem.
Après Carnival-la and we are here in T&T reminiscing on what we’ve just experienced. This was a different season for me, a returning to centre because I was never a big masquerader. All I did this year on Monday and Tuesday was J’Ouvert with 3Canal which was special. My first was their last as the…
[ Smiles ] They certainly don’t make houses like those anymore!
Splendid photo!