Carnival – Trinidad to Consult with Nigeria About Its Carnival

Carnival – Trinidad to Consult with Nigeria About Its Carnival

A significant number of historians believe that Trinidad and Tobago’s “Carnival,” which began in the late 18th century, was the world’s first. The French plantation owners’ pre-Lenten festivities and masquerades served as the impetus for several innovative and culturally significant rituals of defiance that the enslaved masses, who had previously been forbidden from participating in their masters’ festivities, created and institutionalized, acco…

Trini consultant advises on Calabar Carnival in Nigeria

Originating in the late 18th century, “Carnival” in Trinidad and Tobago is believed by many historians to be the first of its kind in the world. Nationalgeographic.com describes the masquerades and pre-Lenten celebrations of French plantation owners as the stimuli…