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International Slavery Museum, Sailor Mas costume 2007 #siasummer20nhc

CAFE STUDIO 5 209A, COLDHABOUR LANE, LONDON, United Kingdom

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 […]

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Neil Macey from ‘De hill’ to Hackney  #siasummer20nhc 

CAFE STUDIO 5 209A, COLDHABOUR LANE, LONDON, United Kingdom

#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 

Minshall… A Ship of Fools 2003 

CAFE STUDIO 5 209A, COLDHABOUR LANE, LONDON, United Kingdom

Minshall A Ship of Fools 2003  Peter Minshall's 2003 Carnival presentation, "A Ship of Fools", has tremendous creative material to choose from the present goings-on in this so-called independent republic with all the brouhaha about the apparent newspaper exposure of a secret Muslim sect with a "lab" of supposed biological and chemical weapons of war, […]

La Bel- Commission for the British Liberty exhibition 2015. #siasummer20nhc

CAFE STUDIO 5 209A, COLDHABOUR LANE, LONDON, United Kingdom

The Bele Costume-By Ray Mahabir - Commission for the British Liberty exhibition  A journey through time, the Bele Costume by Ray Mahabir is indicative of Caribbean history, struggle, freedom and celebration.  The costume relates the cross-cultural rags-to-riches story of Carnival and inspires mental imagery of the Bel Air dance, culture and folklore through the ages.   […]