Tag: `Culture`
Yard Core
—Published on 31st January, 2019.

'Yard Core' aims to get a group of stiltwalkers Carnival-fit in time for the 2019 Trinbago Carnival. Read More »
De 2018 Walk
—Published on 30th December, 2018.

2018 was a year dense with exhilarations, adventures, challenges, places, peoples, thoughts, ideas, learning, and experiences for the Sticks in de Yard group—formerly called #1000mokos. The year saw (among other things) an intense participation in the 2018 Carnival with Moko Sõmõkow, visits to Wildflower Park and the 2018 New Fire Festival, oldmas presentations by Joshua […] Read More »
The Launch of Trinidad and Tobago Carnival 2019
—Published on 30th October, 2018.

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Sports in de Yard
—Published on 30th June, 2018.

In the midst of the 2018 World Cup, a #1000mokos 'Sticks in de Yard' session takes place on 24th June 2018, at Alice Yard, Woodbrook. Read More »
Moko Somõkõw
—Published on 15th February, 2018.

Moko Somõkõw retells the mythic story of Sunjata, the first mansa of Mali, and his return from exile to found a great empire. Read More »
Kairi
—Published on 15th October, 2017.

Trinidad, once called 'Kairi' (or possibly 'Iere') was aboriginally inhabited by many groups of Amerindian peoples who populated the Caribbean and South American region. Read More »
#1000mokos
—Published on 6th April, 2017.

#1000mokos is a project aimed at building a community of one thousand moko jumbies (stiltwalkers) across Trinidad and Tobago. Read More »
Cobalt
—Published on 25th February, 2017.

Blue devils on the early morning, immediately after the Canboulay riots re-enactment on Piccadilly Street. 24th February, 2017. Read More »
Hosay
—Published on 30th October, 2015.

Colourful and full of booming, but relatively sombre, rhythm, Hosay commemorates the memory of Husayn ibn Ali. Read More »