From its origin in Africa through its journey to the U.S. Virgin Islands, the mocko jumbie has evolved culturally at celebrations and festivals since the 1960s. Today they continue to embody V.I. culture. Tuesday, the Guardians of Culture Moko Jumbies danced at Hotel on the Cay to kick off the new season.
KAIRI THE ABORIGINALS Trinidad, once called ‘Kairi’ (or possibly ‘Iere’) was aboriginally inhabited by many groups of Amerindian peoples who populated the Caribbean and South American region. #siasummer20nhc #siafamilymystory #delegacysia21beyond https://method.moda/gazette/kairi Peter Minshall and his costume the Hummingbird performed bySherry-Ann Guy (Coelho) 1974
My childhood memories of carnival mas men were Peter Minshall and Wayne Barkley. I was fascinated by both Peter and Waynes’ work, also other mas men stuck out in my memory. George Bailey, Ken Morris and Irvin McWilliams to name a few. But Minshall was my idol his work was unique and different and always […]
MAS – A TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION PRESENTED BY: NICOLE FERDINAND The mulatress1 and the garden Negro or field slave2 are masquerades which evoke the French tradition of the exchange of roles during the Carnival period. These costumes were later co-opted by the freed slaves (from 1834)….#siasummer20nhc
Ole time carnival Trinidad and Tobago https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Owvlto0GoEo List of Trinidad and Tobago Carnival character costumes, Click here Blue Devil 2020 Nelson Island TNA Brief History of Carnival Celebrations in the Caribbean Once Christmas season is officially over in the Caribbean, it's time to dig out your dancing shoes and start thinking […]
