#sexypink/Trinidad and Tobago Carnival

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Sexypink - Tessa Alexander Sloane Seale - Carnival work in Trinidad and Tobago-2023

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Statement from Tessa herself ....

Carnival comes home and we celebrate 60yrs of Panorama! 

Who ready...Living Ritual series 2023. 

Each watercolour and collage pan piece is 11x14" (28x35.6cm) but can be combined to form a larger piece as shown.

This series incorporates my research on ancestral art techniques and textiles acknowledging the contributions of those who against all odds gifted us with our carnival culture.

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Galleryyuhself - Tatil - tips from the largest insurance company in Trinidad and Tobago.

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Sexypink - Another groundbreaking Williams remembered.

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As yuh make yuh bed..

So you go lie dong on it.

One of the words of wisdom passed on intergenerationally in the Afro- French Creole culture. Young girls were instructed by wiser family members of harm it would bring to them when unheeded.

The bed with its trimmings were sacrosanct. It was a metaphor for la vie en rose and to interfere with the elaborate rules would cause damnation to the unwary.

Those who did not obey would experience pure misery. Nonetheless.some enjoyed the bedroom regardless and pursued the lifestyle....some when becoming pregnant would become the Baby Doll...those who did not conceive would be called the derogatory name of MATTRESS.

Indeed, it was literally how a young girl made her bed that she would lie in it for her future life.

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Sexypink - Carnival shows aplenty.

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Sexypink - Dolly Mas 2024 - Amanda McIntyre

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Sexypink NEWS - Helen Humphrey was an amazing performer of Minshall costumes (back in the day) she has passed away, but shall never be forgotten.

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From Minshall’s Facebook page

We pay tribute to Helen Humphrey who was Venus Rising in Minshall's 1978 Zodiac. The design by Minshall was based on Botticelli's Birth of Venus. Helen's mas was photographed by Roy Boyke at Macqueripe; and these photos are from the Trinidad Carnival magazine published by Key Caribbean. We extend deepest sympathy to John Humphrey and the rest of Helen's family.

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Sexypink - Trinidad and Tobago feels particularly hot right now, so why not exploit the color red? Kinetic Mas introduces YOKOSO for 2024.

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SEXYPINK - I missed this wonderful presentation in 2022. Thus I look forward to Crick Crack in 2023.

From the Facebook page of Crick Crack Traditional and Folklore Band  (2022) Sunday at the Coco dance festival a traditional mas character Babydoll decided to take the stage and bring the performance out of the carnival..I've learned alot in this process and will continue my journey in "becoming" you don't choose the mas it choose you! Special thanks to cocc family for allowing me to keep this thing we call art alive. The Uncanny doll

All photos are copyright by Maria Nunes

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Sexypink - Rubadiri Victor took some stellar images of the Kings and Queens of Carnival Preliminaries. This gentleman got into the right spirit of the Dame Lorraine Traditional Mas.

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                                     TRIBE’s offering for 2023

               With the passing of the darkness, A NEW DAWN appears. 

In A NEW DAWN, we will rise with the elements of Earth, Wind, Fire, and Water, emerging as warriors of a NEW era, and we will stand stronger than ever before.

                        Are you ready to step into A NEW DAWN?

https://ebuzztt.com/tribe-familys-sunset-wkn-gave-pure-heat/

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                                   Carnival hysteria 2023 has begun

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Sexypink - Leh we go!

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Sexypink - Friends for the Road say, bring yuh mas.

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Sexypink - One of many exhibitions this carnival.

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Sexypink - A look at the pioneering genius that is Peter Minshall.