Trinidad and Tobago Carnival: Part 10 - Ash Wednesday
Filed Under thoughts, articles, series, Trinidad and Tobago Carnival | Posted on March 23, 2007
After the frenzied crescendo of Carnival Tuesday all merriment and debauchery ends (or is supposed to end) with the ushering in of Ash Wednesday and the start of the Roman Catholic observance of Lent. My father tells me that ‘back in the day’ all sound stopped at midnight and no calypso would play on […]
Trinidad and Tobago Carnival: Part 9 - Peter Minshall
Filed Under thoughts, articles, series, Trinidad and Tobago Carnival | Posted on March 9, 2007
If Machel is the foremost innovator of soca, Minshall is the foremost innovator of mas. Eccentric and chameleon-like, his designs have captured Trinidadian’s imaginations for several decades. Born in Guyana, his family moved to Trinidad when he was 4 and we consider him a ‘true son of the soil’.
From his official website:
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Minshall was born in […]
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