Look mas | Portfolio
Photographer Jason C. Audain’s portraits of traditional Carnival masqueraders record both their intricate costumes and the human energy that powers their performance
Artists of a new world
“The works are not afraid to admit, and admit to, the mental and physical space we have always inhabited. The artist is moving between...
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
Screenshots (September/October 2017) | Film Reviews
Moko Jumbie Directed by Vashti Anderson, 2017, 93 minutes The farther we get from where we once were, the more we yearn for that place and...
Movie reviews (January/February 2008)
A natural high The masked stilt-walking dancers of Trinidad, known as moko jumbies, form an integral part of Carnival celebrations. In West...
Carnival Calendar (1992)
For many visitors to the region, the Caribbean is Carnival, a festive time of costumed parades and pageants, music and dance, fun and...
Island Beat (November/December 1996)
Skywalkers in Trinidad Carnival Tuesday afternoon, 1996. Two unseasonal afternoon showers have drenched the Carnival city, Port of Spain;...
