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Blue Devils in Trinidad
Blue Devils are one of the traditional characters of Trinidad Carnival, dating back hundreds of years. Every year in Paramin, a mountainous area about half an hour from Port of Spain, they come out on Carnival Monday (and possibly some other days, I’m not sure), so I decided to go and check them out, without Read more
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My Trinidad Carnival Experience
Pretty much all the Caribbean people I’ve spoken to in London have said that Trinidad Carnival is something that every carnival fan has to experience, and this year that’s what I finally did. I found a host on Couchsurfing and stayed with him for a week in San Juan, an area about 15 minutes away Read more
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Stick Fighting in Trinidad
Since I arrived in Trinidad in December, I’d been seeing posters up in public advertising ‘stick fighting’, and I finally experienced it for myself the other day. As the name suggests, it’s a kind of sport/tradition where people hit each other with sticks. Its origins are said to date back to slavery, and it’s an Read more
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Road Trip to Toco
I’ve been in Moruga, Trinidad, for over a month now, but until last weekend I hadn’t really explored other areas of the island. Thankfully, the family I’m staying with are always down for an adventure, and Giselle (my ‘Trini sister’, daughter of the farm owner) decided to plan a road trip for all the travellers Read more
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Selling at Princes Town Market
The family who own the farm I’m staying at make some of their money by selling produce at their little roadside shop outside their house, and by selling produce at the market at the nearest town called Princes Town. People sell at Princes Town on various days of the week, but the main day is Read more
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Christmas in Trinidad
Since I arrived in Trinidad, people were telling me how much fun Christmas would be, and that I chose a good time of year to come. They explained to me that around Christmas time, people do something called ‘parang’ which means to go from house to house eating and drinking and liming (liming = hanging Read more
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