 | Pierrot Grenade Trinidad Carnival 2007 |
 | Traditional or Old Time Trinidad Carnival Characters This clip shows it all and in particular the Burrokeet character dances. The short video includes most of the Traditional or Old Mas characters from Trinidad and Tobago. From Fancy Sailors to the Dame Lorraine, Cow Bands, Midnight Robbers, the Pierrot Grenade, the Bat, the Burrokeet, Jab Molassie and finally the Moko Jumbie. Read more at: thebookmann.blogspot.com |
 | Jackie Hinkson At Queen Hall, a theater for the performing Arts in Trinidad and Tobago, the foyer is hosting an exhibiting of Carnival charcoal drawings by Jackie Hinkson. It is a body of work that has been recently produced in 2007 and others that dates from 1996. Mr. Hinkson shows vignettes of Trinidad and Tobago's carnival by his observation and by his interjected compositions. In its energy, in its tradition and of its people, his drawings are puns on contemporary society which are representational of Trinidad and Tobago. Mr. Hinkson's later works are less detailed. His strokes are softer and parts of the composition appear to look incomplete. He should either simplify the form or push the gamma of grays to give his drawings the intensity and depth of field exhibited in his earlier works. Either way, Jackie Hinkson is recording Trinidad and Tobago as its landscape changes. In its architecture, political climate and people. Blackmas continues till the 31st, January, 2008 at Queen Hall, Port of Spain, Trinidad, West Indies. Here is the opportunity for visitors to island to peek at a culture that seems untamed in its multiplex energy to be creative, yet loss in its direction in a social goal. The drawing above is a detail of a large panoramic view at Viey La Cou. This is where traditional carnival characters such as the Pierrot Grenade (centre) perform. See his mural on the outer facade of the hall. Labels: Artists, Carnival |
 | Traditional Carnival - conclusion conclusion at St. James carnival This video clip gives a summary of the Traditional Mas held in St. James, Trinidad, West Indies. It begins with the Grenade Pierrot who test the audience with a mix of syllables to form words. Then to the Black Indians with their antics and untranslatable rant. A Carnival performer who has been portraying the Bookman devil for over sixty years, and two Midnight Robbers churning out their speech. |
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