Culture, Festivals and Events, Trinidad and Tobago
By Pat Ganase, Georgia Popplewell and Tony Hall ● Issue 41 (January/February 2000)
Carnival Countdown (Part 2)
Children’s Carnival Kids show them Most children love to play dress-up; in Trinidad and Tobago, however, they have an official forum for...
Immerse, Culture, Festivals and Events, Trinidad and Tobago
By Ray Funk ● Issue 149 (January/February 2018)
Walk tall, moko jumbie | Closeup
It’s one of the oldest masquerades in T&T’s Carnival, brought across the Atlantic from West Africa. The moko jumbie tradition once seemed to be dying away, but in recent years a handful of enthusiasts have created a moko jumbie revival, training hundreds of young people in the art of stilt-walking. Ray Funk investigates, and explains the power of these towering figures
Embark, Festivals and Events, Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago
By Caroline Taylor, Laura Dowrich-Phillips and Suzanne Bhagan ● Issue 146 (July/August 2017)
Word of mouth (July/August 2017)
Long days by the beach Suzanne Bhagan remembes the lazy charms of “August holidays” in Mayaro Mayaro Beach: a swathe of brown sand...
Festivals and Events, Trinidad and Tobago
By Various Contributors ● Issue 47 (January/February 2001)
Trinidad Carnival — come turn yourself on
So you’ve come to Trinidad Carnival because you heard it is the world’s biggest street party? It has been touted as that and more: the...
By Mirissa De Four ● Issue 132 (March/April 2015)
Caribbean Datebook (March/April 2015)
New Orleans See the art of mas It’s no longer a controversial idea that the Caribbean’s many masquerade traditions are expressions of...
Festivals and Events, Trinidad and Tobago
By Michael Goodwin ● Issue 53 (January/February 2002)
Carnival time again
Trinidad Carnival is here again. Whether you’re planning your trip to Trinidad and Tobago now or can only play via the internet, here are...
By Mirissa De Four ● Issue 131 (January/February 2015)
Caribbean Datebook (January/February 2015)
Trinidad and Tobago Carnival top ten Trinidad and Tobago’s modern-day Carnival is different to that of yesteryear, although important...
By Shivanee Ramlochan ● Issue 130 (November/December 2014)
Caribbean Bookshelf (November/December 2014)
Walking with the Ancestors, by Angelo Bissessarsingh (Kairi Heritage Publications, 192 pp, ISBN 9789768249036) Lapeyrouse Cemetery in Port...