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 […]
This post will showcase the cross section of artist who are involved in the creation of large scale carnival costume and the hard worked and passionate that goes into each costume. Ma Ma La Terre This piece was showcased at the Victoria and Albert Museum exhibition Carnival in Close-up , From the Caribbean to Britain and beyond […]
“As a carnival designer what is important about what you are creating is knowing the true meaning of masquerade (Mas) and how wearable art works. Mas is a unique and important art form that allows any individual to become a performer - this often shows when someone is wearing your creation and they are able […]
THE EXPERIENCE OF INDIAN INDENTURE IN TRINIDAD: ARRIVAL AND SETTLEMENT #siasummer20nhc Between 1845 and 1917 a total of 143,939 Indians migrated to Trinidad under the system of Indian indenture. Most of these indentured labourers were drawn from the agricultural and laboring classes of the Uttar Pradesh and Bihar regions of north India, with a comparatively […]
SUNSHINE INTERNATIONAL ARTS. Carnival and Community Arts Drawing on his Indo Caribbean roots, Ray Mahabir has used his experience gained by working with the masquerade tradition of Trinidad Carnival as inspiration for his designs for costumes used in processional art. #siasummer20nhc http://www.natt.gov.tt/sites/default/files/pdfs/Nelson-Island-and-Indian-Indentureship-in-Trinidad_02.pdf
