by ncc_admin | Jul 31, 2015 | Traditional Mas Characters
(photo courtesy Bernard De Peaza, Creatures of the Mas, Caribbean Beat Magazine http://caribbean-beat.com/issue-71/creatures-mas#axzz3h6SuvXZa) Stickfighters in partial Negue Jadin costume This now extinct character, owes its origins to pre-emancipation days; a time...
by ncc_admin | Jul 30, 2015 | Traditional Mas Characters
(Photo courtesy Abigail Hadeed, Caribbean Beat Magazine, http://caribbean-beat.com/issue-107/past-masters-mas#axzz3h6SuvXZa) Besides being the source of inspiration for the Lovelace well-known novel, the Dragon Mas draws its origins from traditional Jab Jab or Devil...
by ncc_admin | Jul 29, 2015 | Traditional Mas Characters
(Photo courtesy the Carnival Institute of Trinidad and Tobago – CITT) One of the most beloved and well-known of the traditional carnival characters line-up, the Midnight Robber graces stages and audiences with his colourful exaggerated costumes, based on the American...
by ncc_admin | Jul 28, 2015 | Traditional Mas Characters
(Photo courtesy the Carnival Institute of Trinidad and Tobago – CITT) One of the lesser-known traditional characters, Soumayree typically consists of a woman on a horse, similar to the Burrokeet costume. It is based on the Hindu rite where the horse was used in...
by ncc_admin | Jul 27, 2015 | Traditional Mas Characters
(Photo courtesy Grace Hallworth), Storyteller http://denaruttenhall.blogspot.com/2010/07/art-of-playing-mas-sebucan.html A traditional masque (a form of 16th and 17th Century festive courtly entertainment) popular in the early 1900’s, the Venezuelan/Amerindian-based...
