Sunshine's NHC 2020 Statement Following the news that Notting Hill Carnival 2020 has been officially cancelled, we wanted to take the opportunity to get in touch and tell you about our plans. First, a word from S.i.A's Director, Ray Mahabir: "Notting Hill Carnival is a time to rejoice and celebrate. After 23 years of involvement […]
David and Christina is always fun to be involved with we have work alone side them for many years and lots of projects. #siasummer20nhc#siafamilymystory Hackney carnival pioneers David Grant and Christina Oree, 83 and 79, are still going strong."The idea was to develop a spirit of unity between all different ages, cultures and backgrounds, […]
Carnival is an explosive array of colour. Ornate, extravagant, ‘Mas’ (costumes) stimulate the visual senses and community comes together as one. Cutting through the loud Soca soundsystems is the individual’s voice of what Carnival means to them. We asked some of our participants what they love about carnival:Carnival
Dr. Claire Holder was the longest serving Director of the Notting Hill Carnival. She is now reentering the Carnival arena to present and pursue a strategic vision for the rejuvenation of the event. Here she explains her early involvement with the Carnival, why it is so important to the African and Caribbean community of Britain […]
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Master of the mas Will Peter Minshall produce another Carnival band? Since his last outing some four years ago, Trinidad and Tobago’s leading living masman has shown no signs of rejoining the decreasingly creative fray. As he nears his seventieth birthday, the speculation that we may have seen the last of Minshall increases, though many […]
The history of paradise: on Peter Minshall’s Paradise Lost It’s the stuff of Carnival legend: the eruption of masman Peter Minshall’s Paradise Lost on the streets of Port of Spain, forty years ago. Now a new documentary, using long-forgotten archival footage, brings the band back to life. Ray Funk tells the story © MEP Publishers […]
How did I become a carnivalist? - Celia Burgess Macey This is quite a long story . My first exposure to the culture of carnival and of Trinidad in particular was in 1964 #siasummer20nhc#siafamilymystory Click Here From the band -Dance of Jouvert... de People, of this Earth - S.i.A 2018 Photo by Donna Travis
#siasummer20nhc#siafamilymystor 1983. Meeting the Midnight Robber Celia Burgess Macey It was carnival time. Whilst I was walking up Frederick Street I was accosted by an old man and two children all dressed in Robber costumes. He looked me straight in the eyes, displaying a knowing twinkle, and held me at gunpoint while he recited a long […]
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1998- “Well, A 'Mas Man', That was my new dream and to tell you the truth, I never thought that it was going to happen. It was not easy to obtain, but Britain and the diverse cultures of the communities of this place inspired me to work towards that dream, and I have achieved it. So do […]