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, […]
#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
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 […]
Ray Mahabir talks about Brouhaha and about Liverpool International Carnival 2016.
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 […]
