by ncc_admin | Feb 3, 2016 | News
by ncc_admin | Feb 3, 2016 | News
The National Carnival Commission of Trinidad and Tobago (NCC) advises of the following amendment for Rule #9 – “Children in Bands” of the Senior Parade of the Bands competition, for Carnival 2016, scheduled for Carnival Monday and Tuesday. Existing...
by ncc_admin | Dec 8, 2015 | Publications
UK Recognises Rural Contribution of Craft to Creative Economy The Department of Culture, Media and Sport (UK) in acknowledging the work of the Craft Council in their report, Measuring the Craft Economy (2015), has noted that the rural sector is now contributing far in...
by ncc_admin | Aug 10, 2015 | Publications
The United Nations Education Scientific and Culture Organisation is celebrating the 10-year anniversary of the Convention on the Protection and the Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions. The 2005 Convention provides a framework to forge new pathways that...
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...
