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11th April 2012

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brianna-mccarthy:

Portrait. brianna mccarthy. Trinidad. 2011.

brianna-mccarthy:

Portrait.
brianna mccarthy. Trinidad. 2011.

(Source: briannamccarthy, via toomucheyes)

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09th March 2012

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"Our national class issues, played out in technicolour for Carnival, are coming to a serious crisis soon: the marginalisation of the urban underclass, especially low-income black males—who were the engine of Carnival—is coming to a head."

- Rubadiri Victor

carnival dutty mas rubadiri victor trinidad

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brianna-mccarthy:

Made this for Vulgar Fraction’s Face 2012 Carnival presentation. Jerry is wonderful :) a serious winer.

brianna-mccarthy:

Made this for Vulgar Fraction’s Face 2012 Carnival presentation. Jerry is wonderful :) a serious winer.

(Source: briannamccarthy)

vulgar fraction carnival trinidad dutty mas brianna mccarthy

14th November 2011

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rubadiri:

Another picture from my book ‘Meditation on the Traditions’- a documentation of Trinidad and Tobago’s endangered traditional masquerade on the streets on Carnival Monday and Tuesday… This was a magical moment: an individual costume resting in front of the gate of an old Gothic church- the wind caught the wings at the moment the light changed, he bowed his head- the costume looks like a fallen angel or a water deity of some sort…

Another picture from my book ‘Meditation on the Traditions’- a documentation of Trinidad and Tobago’s endangered traditional masquerade on the streets on Carnival Monday and Tuesday… This was a magical moment: an individual costume resting in front of the gate of an old Gothic church- the wind caught the wings at the moment the light changed, he bowed his head- the costume looks like a fallen angel or a water deity of some sort…

trinidad carnival rubadiri victor

31st May 2011

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Regions like the modern Caribbean were born out of Europe’s desire to expand. People arrived at different times and were brought together by various circumstances. As time goes along it seems a natural desire for people to want to be part of a single cultural idea, and contribute to a culture’s most dynamic, participatory and progressive aspect.

Regions like the modern Caribbean were born out of Europe’s desire to expand. People arrived at different times and were brought together by various circumstances. As time goes along it seems a natural desire for people to want to be part of a single cultural idea, and contribute to a culture’s most dynamic, participatory and progressive aspect.

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22nd April 2011

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toomucheyes:

trinidad carnival 2011 photos by kibwe brathwaite

trinidad carnival 2011 photos by kibwe brathwaite

(via toomucheyes)

trinidad carnival

28th January 2010

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meiling pilar trinidad carnival

22nd January 2010

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toomucheyes

trinidad carnival

12th July 2009

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LIFE: Rio Carnival

LIFE: Rio Carnival

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