 | King Cobo - Midnight Robber For victors to Trinidad and Tobago, this is one of our traditional carnival characters called the Midnight Robber. King Cobo, performed by John Stollmeyer is a sample of its role to upkeep the traditions of Carnival from the grip of commercialism. The King Cobo character's concept was born, as Mr.Stollmeyer explains in 1990, Toronto 's Caribana . In 2000, King Cobo dies and this is the incarnation as his mother, Nikita B Nekbet, the vulture goddess of Upver Nile. http://thebookmann.blogspot.com/2008/01/king-cobo-john-stollmeyer.html |
 | Traditional Carnival - Bats 2008 A parade of Bats at the Traditional Old Mas or carnival, St. James Trinidad They gathered at the entrance to the make-shift stage. One or two sat on the road with their wings wrapped around themselves. The event was the Traditional Mas competition in St. James, Trinidad and a number of Bats were ready to take flight to reenact the flying mammal. Trinidad carnival it is not about the beads or feathers, elaborate head pieces or five hundred pound floats, but rather for the masqueraders to play themselves, for them to find an identity that they can call theirs. Carnival is about the reenactment of an identity copied from books, television or from observations played out as a performance....I really don't know who I am, but this is what I'll really like to be. http://thebookmann.blogspot.com/2008/01/bats-traditional-carnival-2008.html |
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 | Voldo Dance 3 This was done early this year. thought i share it. Took me abt a week or 2 to finish. Dance Voldo Dance 3 Feel free to post your comments. Thank you! |
 | Dominica Carnival 2008 Steel pan Steel pan carnival Tuesday |
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 | 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 |
 | Destra and Machel - Carnival Dis tune wicked! Carnival and TNT is sooo SPECIAL! ....Ohh Lawd |
 | Mystery Raiders 2008 MADE IN CHINA This is a traditional midnight robber band here in Trinidad & Tobago. We give boastful speeches and compete for prizes in robber competitions |
 | Trinidad Carnival 2008 - Beads and Feathers The masquerader dressed up in white and wearing a Santa Claus hat is more likely to be a homeless person. She and many vagrants played their Mas to a much controlled carnival Tuesday. Beads and Feathers reined the day, and the streets of Port of Spain, Trinidad ,West Indies were clogged making it impossible for spectators to move. Large bands such as Tribe had their security and a convoy of trucks including the amenities of an art conditioned bus to stacks of portable toilets, all confined within the boundary of a continuous length of rope held by Tribe's security staff. On this day, disabled people ventured out with their wheel chairs and three persons affected with Down's syndrome took to the streets wearing feathered head pieces donated by kind masqueraders. At one judging point, an infant in her pampers held the audience captive as she expressed that the identity of a Race is rooted in its genes. The little individual danced up a storm. Parks around the city were used as resting points to feed thousands of masqueraders and afterwards, the place was littered with plastic bottles and food containers having homeless people savaging for a full meal within all the waste. A Fancy Indian masquerader stressed that Traditional Mas was much alive from her small band from San Fernando. She also lamented that the Beads and Feathers generation of baby boomers had reached a age where their bodies were less flattering. Only the youth could up keep in such a skimpy costume. Then, there were the individuals who best represented Trinidad and Tobago's carnival, dressed in full suit to play themselves to the world to see. And what more to end the evening with Phase II, the Panorama champs with a solo melody to soothed the lastlap Mas players. http://thebookmann.blogspot.com/2008/02/beads-and-feathers-carnival-tuesday.html |
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