Copyright 2000 Tony Wolf Introduction and general history Juego del Palo ("stick play") is practiced as a folk art, sport and self-defense system on the Canary...
Kalari is the Malayalam (language spoken in Kerala) word, for a special kind of gymnasium, where the martial art known as Kalari Payattu, is practiced. It had...
Muharram marks one of the most important, and tragic, occasions in Islam. For Muslims it symbolizes the great divide between good and evil, the righteous and...
Nuba Stick Fighting One of the famous Nuba traditions, well-known from the pictures of George Rodger and Leni Riefenstahl, is stick-fighting. This is rarely...
Stick Fighting is a martial art used all over the world as a form of self-defense or a form of entertainment. Most have evolved from the former to the latter. ...
Christopher "Mzee" Stroude still pleasing the crowd. The poetic/instrumental duo, Christopher "Mzee" Stroude and Randolph "Ayow" De Gannes, who were an obvious...
By Terry Joseph Just the name Dirty Jim's Swizzle Club conjures up low-life imagery of a 1950s hole in the wall, on the floor of which you just might find a...
By Raymond Ramcharitar "They don't even know how beautiful they are, the people here. That's why I paint them," says Boscoe Holder, in his studio on Woodford...
By CALDEO SOOKRAM THE launching of Jit Samaroo: Original Notes held the spotlight at the Hilton Trinidad last Monday evening. Just three days earlier, Jit...
By Raymond Ramcharitar At the age of 73, Michael Anthony lives in the same house he has lived in for 30 years, and continues to do, in a self-effacing way, the...
BY GIZELLE MORRIS "DA is why crime eh go done," the young woman said suddenly. The outburst startled the taxi driver as he made his way from San Fernando to...
Note: Michael Anthony is the brother of calypsonian Zandolee (Sylvester Anthony). Historian, author and journalist Michael Anthony was one of the four honorary...
By TERRY JOSEPH, Trinidad Guardian Oct 30, 2003 PERHAPS because we are not all of a culture that automatically records indigenous art shows in hard,...
ANCIENT INFLUENCES IN T & T CARNIVAL By Deborah John Sunday Express June 27, 1999 The word 'jamet', is it as generally accepted simply derived from the French...
If we talk about Molly Ahye, then we must acknowledge Beryl McBurnie. The following is an article written by Terry Joseph of The Trinidad Express on March...
MOLLY AHYE She was born on May 29, 1933 in Port of Spain. In 1982 she obtained a Master's Degree in the Performing Arts (Dance) at the American University,...
BY SEAN NERO BROTHER RESISTANCE (Lutalo Masimba) secretary of the Trinbago Unified Calypso Organisation (TUCO) said the decision to dedicate Carnival 2004 to...
The Trinidad Guardian, Sunday 19th October, 2003 Two pioneers of the Arima Crossfire steelband have died within weeks of each other. Captain Leslie "Diminish";...
The man responsible for giving Power his debut on a Port-of-Spain calypso tent stage, Blakie (right) is recognised by the veteran south-born calypsonian. ...
Legendary T&T calypsonian Mighty Sparrow and pannist Dane Gulston will be guests at the 2003 Caribbean Sunshine Awards next Saturday in New York. The CSA,...
Errol Gaston Hill (1921-2003) HANOVER, N.H. - Errol Gaston Hill, renowned scholar, academic, theater historian, playwright and director, died of cancer this ...
BY LISA ALLEN-AGOSTINI Trinidad Guardian 2003-09-10 Arima-born Frank Cumberbatch sounds full of enthusiasm for his political campaign. He's trying to bring his...
Trinidad Guardian. Sep 06, 2003. THE 41st anniversary of Trinidad and Tobago Independence was celebrated in resplendent fashion in Canada last Sunday as more...
Remember what it was like when TV used to sign off? Remember watching the last few minutes of signed off TV, waiting for Sesame Street to begin? Remember when...
Hello Folks, Just a reminder to join the other 10,000 Trinis in the most important event in Toronto on Sunday August 31st 2003 in the form of the Annual ...
BY DONNA PIERRE The Mighty Sparrow and Calypso Rose yesterday expressed contrasting views about international artistes performing in T&T on Independence night....
