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Hoping Minshall’s Fake Death News Will Bring Life to a Carnival Bereft of Ideas
As far back as 1981, when he brought the costume Tiger Tiger Burning Bright as part of his presentation of the band Jungle Fever, it was obvious to Carnival aficionados that Peter Minshall was not just a one-shot designer looking for approval from the establishment,but a new force to be reckoned with. This new thinking …
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It’s Time to Celebrate Pan as the Internationally Identified Agency of Cultural Revolution in the History of the People of Trinidad and Tobago
It’s in the wee hours of the morning as thirteen groups of tired steel pan players gather ruefully in small, dim spotlights of illumination around the Queen’s Park Savannah. Observing these soldiers of a nation’s fortune reflecting in hushed tones about their performances and the points they had earned in the the Trinidad and Tobago …
Celebrating the Magic of Trinidad Carnival
As the tiny Caribbean democratic republic of Trinidad and Tobago (Approximately 1.6 million diverse people packed n 1,864 square feet of land) prepares to set the world on fire with her mass dramatic cultural event known as Trinidad Carnival or the Greatest Show on Earth, a number of thought-provoking issues rear their head, including: How …
Navigating Black Stalin’s Footsteps out of his Russian Namesake’s Cruel Prisons as Pooran Ferociously Defends his people on and off the field of Play
The news about Black Stalin’s passing hit each citizen of Trinidad and Tobago in a special kind of way, both at home and in the diaspora. A story on the avalanche of tributes by Edison Boodoosingh in the Trinidad Guardian amply demonstrated the kind of reverence with which the Caribbean man was held. Describing him …
Pain For Those Who, like Selvon and Marcano, ate the Cascadura
The folklore in Trinidad and Tobago about the prized member of the catfish family known as the Cascadura (and in Guyana and Brazil as Hassar), speaks ominously of: “Those who eat the Cascadura will, the native legend says, wheresoever they may wander end in Trinidad their days,” For wanderlust T+T native sons like Sam Selvon …
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Caribbean stars bringing home Chee$e.
Caribbean film enthusiasts can expect a sumptuous treat of original Caribbean creativity when Chee$e, the movie opens the Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival at the IMAX Cinema, Roxy Roundabout, St James, from September 21-28 after a two-year hiatus. He might have been first seen as a 32-year old Caribbean-island novice newly-arrived in California to pursue an acting career. But …
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Why Hillan’s Frustration Cannot Stop a PNM Victory
News of the defection of three UNC (United National Congress) local government representatives to the PNM (People’s National Movement) came at a fortuitous time for the PNM since it was able to deflect attention from a very curious move attributed to POS Deputy May Hillan Morean who, in a Trinidad Guardian report by Rhondor Dowlat …
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Daniel in the Lion’s Den
The five-minute clip of a young black-bad boy named Daniel on Synergy’s Breaking Dawn with Stephan Reis show this morning (May 18) served as a welcome reminder to viewers of what’s happening on the dark side of this usually passive twin-island Caribbean democratic republic. Without any frills or ceremony, the young man who seemed to …
Foster Emerging as a PNM Election Hero
In one of the latest social media posts in which he is featured, beleaguered Youth Services and Development Minister Foster Cummings is seen dancing with members of his fellow Shouter Baptist fraternity who, like many other black groups, have come out to openly give him their support. In falling victim to a four-part series on …