by ncc_admin | Jul 15, 2015 | Traditional Mas Characters
(Photo courtesy Abraham Diaz, Trinidad Guardian, Sunday January 5, 2014) Blue Indians – Similar to the Red Indian Mas but with an elaborate costume with the predominant colour being blue.
by ncc_admin | Jul 14, 2015 | Traditional Mas Characters
Photos and research courtesy the Carnival Institute of Trinidad and Tobago (CITT). Fancy Indian – An imaginative and elaborate form, the Fancy Indian is the most popular variety of Indian Mas. This form of Indian Mas is non-authentic; one of its main features being...
by ncc_admin | Jul 13, 2015 | Traditional Mas Characters
Photos and research courtesy the Carnival Institute of Trinidad and Tobago (CITT). Black Indians – Combines certain elements of the Red Indian with some African derived elements. They dress predominantly in black with other colours. Their faces are also painted black....
by ncc_admin | Jul 12, 2015 | Traditional Mas Characters
Photos courtesy the Carnival Institute of Trinidad and Tobago (CITT) The Pierrot Grenade is the satirical descendant of the Pierrot – a finely dressed masquerader and deeply learned scholar. Pierrot Grenade falls under the category of Old Time Carnival and is the...
by ncc_admin | Jul 11, 2015 | Traditional Mas Characters
Calinda or Kalenda (Stick Fighting) Photos courtesy the Carnival Institute of Trinidad and Tobago (CITT) The Kalenda (Calinda), a stick dance, owed its origins to pre-colonial times, as early as the late 1700’s. The term Kalenda emerged as a general term for...
