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Wind it up, wine up, wine up, jump up.

adamvasco — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 11:08:27 -0800

Carnival is home again.
The small Caribbean island of Trinidad has one of world's most lively Carnivals. An historical overview and explanation.
Lets start with the mas(querade); and Peter "see the music, hear the dance" Minshall without doubt the greatest ever carnival costume designer.
The music's inside. Then of course there's the music and musical tradition like extempo
Relator vs. Superior.
Gypsy vs. Lady Africa.
There's Calypso
Lord Blakie - Steelband Clash
Mighty Chalkdust - Just So
Mighty Sparrow - Congo Man
Black Stalin - Tribute To Sundar Popo
Sparrow - Memories
David Rudder - Calypso Monarch (1987)
There's a whole bunch of Soca as well as Machel Mantano and Alison Hinds as well as Iwer George & TC.
There's Chutney
D'Hitman and Adesh Samaroo and Sonny Mann
and then finally there are the finest steel bands ever heard on the planet :
Curry Tabanca
Soca Worriors
Despers
Pan Lamentation
Thunder Coming
Sorry I have to go jump up now.

So good you could eat them;

adamvasco — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 11:12:56 -0800

Gingerbread Houses are the embodiment of Caribbean architecture, though many are now threatened. Enjoy this wonderful photoset from Roseau, capital of the tiny island of Dominica; and this exquisite set of Boissiere House in Port of Spain, Trinidad. Then there is this little gem in Martinique.

An Otter Family Album

cenoxo — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 14:40:41 -0800

An Otter Family Album — for over 20 years, zoologist/educator J. Scott Shannon has been observing the "Clan", five generations of ocean-going river otters living in the bay [YouTube] below the historic town of Trinidad on California's northwest coast.

tar.jeeze

31d1 — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 08:27:17 -0800

Trinidad's pitch lake has been called the Caribbean's ugliest tourist attraction.