MULANA ‘the art of people’ 2001-2020 #siasummer20nhc Click Here “During part of this trip to India I visited the village my forefathers come from in India - I am five generation Indian, my family came from a village called Sidhownay village, Bikhapur, Fyzabad, which is nearest city to Lucknow and is the capital city of […]
A video presentation outlining the arrival of East Indian Indentured labourers to Trinidad during the period 1845 to 1917. This presentation was done for Indian Arrival Day celebrations at St Augustine South Government Primary School (SASGPS). The background music is in Hindi and is based on Psalms 91: "He that dwelleth in the secret place […]
Ray Mahabir talks about Brouhaha and about Liverpool International Carnival 2016.
International Slavery Museum, Art Commission Brief – Sailor Mas costume 2007 #siasummer20nhc Concept for the Sailor Mas costume (Fancy Sailor) Ray Mahabir- February 2007 Perhaps the most visual manifestation of cultural transformation is Carnival – a complex merging of European religious festivities within Latin America with elements of African festival. Trinidad is the cradle […]
#siasummer20nhc “All the youth in the neighbourhood used to play mas with that band so it was like one big family. In my neighbourhood there were lots of steel bands. We had Tokyo, Fascinators, Hill 60, and City Symphony” Neil Macey Photo Neils dad in Sailor mas Click Here
