Diwali in Trinidad, 2012 by Roger Seepersad

Renluka Maharaj

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I saw one of ur posts saying u hc Buck as trini

So do u hc him indo-trini, Afro-trini or dougla(indo-afro mixed)?

personally i see him as afro trini but he has some indian ancestry if yknow what i mean???

but i mean i guess u could also see him as being dougla, nothing wrong w that either

In defiance of the orderly classification of race and religion, Indo-Trinidadians participate in and contribute actively to what is commonly labeled as the “African” Orisha tradition. Houk (1995, 135) describes these Indo-Trini participants as mainly interested bystanders, though he estimates their presence as being up to 10 percent of the Orisha tradition, including notable shrine leaders and drummers. The influence from Indo-Trinidadian culture moves beyond the individual level of participation in community to theological influences from Hinduism. Aiyejina and Gibbons remark, “So strong is the inter-penetration of Africa and India in Trinidad that, in the context of the Orisha tradition, Osayin is perceived by some Orisha practitioners as having an Indian dimension and Hindu deities are represented in many Orisha chapelles or in separate Hindu chapelles within the same yard” (1999, 198).9 In addition to there being Indo-Trinidadian adherents to Ifá/Orisha and the theological influence of Hinduism, there also exist cultural and political sites of support between sectors of the respective communities.

N. Fadeke Castor - Spiritual citizenship: transnational pathways from black power to Ifá in Trinidad (2017)

Also my ex mother is Indo Guyanese & Puerto Rican but the Indian in her sticks out ALOT! and in him to lol so it was kind of cool seeing how realistic your sim looked Indo Trini. Keep up the good work my love 😉

ありがと！！

and chile I got a Guyanese aunt that be cussing me TF out in Patois LMAOOO

A fusion of Indo, Trini flavours - Trinidad & Tobago Express Newspapers http://dlvr.it/SRzrY5

Carnival

Carnival (Carnaval) is an event where the Caribbean celebrate their culture. In the Caribbean they have different type of carnivals depending on the islands whereas, in Notting Hill carnival and Leeds Carnival they have all the islands country parades all together 1 by 1 and they will have people representing each parades such as if your from Trinidad or want to represent Trinidad you will be with the Trinidad parades. We have Carnival to celebrate being out of slavery. In the UK carnival is 56 years old. 

Every island in the Caribbean does carnival but the main islands I'm going to talk about is:

Trinidad

Trinidad carnival is called either bacchanal, J'ouvert, Mas or just carnival. A lot of carnivals have similar names and you’re going to see that throughout the blog. In Trinidad carnival they have 2 days of celebrating which is Monday 24th February and Tuesday 25th February. Trinidad carnival is the mother of all carnivals. J’ouvert is Carnival in the morning whereas other carnivals are for the evening, so for example J’ouvert starts at 2AM and finishes at 1PM and Bacchanal, Mas and Carnival starts at 6PM and finishes at 1AM so to be honest there is going to be no sleep. The type of songs they play at Trini Carnival is Chutney which is Indo-Caribbean, Soca which is Afro-Caribbean, Calypso and Steel pans. The costume they wear is mostly red, white, blue, green and pink. They mostly wear bright colours and all Carnival have feathers except from the Creole Carnivals and Garifuna tribe Carnivals.

St Vincent And The Grenadines

In St Vincent they call Carnival Vincy mas, J’ouvert or just Carnival. Vincy Mas has been promoted as the hottest carnival in the Caribbean. Vincy Mas is a celebration of music, dance and Vincentian heritage and the colours they use at Vincy Mas are colourful vibrant colours. Before Vincy Mas was celebrated on the days before the start of lent. The colours they use at Vincy Mas are any bright colours because they aren’t really picky when it comes to colours. The songs they play at Vincy Mas are Soca, Calypso and Steel pans and having all of this attracts tourists.

ok the encanto post got me thinking. jon and martin living Somewhere Else as the beloved cryptid family of the town. they work to take out malicious avatars and wind up collecting child avatars along the way. they expect to be shunned but actually the town is enamored by their powers. idk i just think its neat

Wendy Nanan

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Papier-mache, oil paint, 1990

Indo-Caribbean Hindu wedding

Location: Trinidad and Tobago 

Photographer: David Alan Harvey

i know we live in an imperfect world, with imperfect people but today i'm going to be happy watching kamala harris take her oath.