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HCF #1 for Soca, Reggae, World Music
Steel pans (steel drums)were created on the Caribbean island of Trinidad in the 1930s, but steel pan history can be traced back to the enslaved Africans who were brought to the islands during the 1700s. They carried with them elements of their African culture including the playing of hand drums. These drums became the main percussion instruments in the annual Trinidadian carnival festivities. In 1877, the ruling British government banned […]
CARNIVAL IN TRINIDAD: CELEBRATE THE CARIBBEAN WAY A BLAZE OF COLOUR, COSTUME ART AND A GREAT PARADE - THE HIGHLIGHTS Known as the biggest street party on Earth- Trinidad and Tobago’s Carnival is officially celebrated on the Monday and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday every year. The Carnival festivities start just after Christmas and continues until Ash Wednesday-loaded with dozens of high energy parties and premier cultural competitions. Carnival Monday opens […]
