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Yard Core

—Published on 31st January, 2019.

Image Caption: A row of stick-walks at a rugby goalpost on the Queen's Park Savannah. 6th January, 2019. #1000mokos #sticksindeyard #trinbago #yardcore—Click to read this article.

'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.

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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.

Image Caption: A child stares at the moko jumbies all around her at The Launch of Trinidad and Tobago Carnival 2019. 23rd September, 2018. #caribbean #carnival #culture #life #trinbago—Click to read this article.

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Sports in de Yard

—Published on 30th June, 2018.

Image Caption: With the fever of the 2018 World Cup in the air, the 'Sticks in de Yard' session becomes more sporty than usual on 24th June, 2018. #caribbean #culture #sport #stilt #trinbago—Click to read this article.

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.

Image Caption: Alan Vaughan sets aside sticks and costumes in a pool of Light on the stairwell of Granderson Lab, Belmont. #belmont #carnival #costume #granderson #stilt—Click to read this article.

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.

Image Caption: Various Amerindian communities from Trinidad and the Western Hemisphere do a smoke ritual on Abercromby Street, outside the Red House on 12th October, 2017.—Click to read this article.

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.

Image Caption: A session of the #1000mokos initiative, held at Wildflower Park, Port of Spain, Trinidad. 26th March, 2017.—Click to read this article.

#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.

Image Caption: A fire-breathing, blue devil spits a flame into the air. Piccadilly Street, Port of Spain. 24th February, 2017.—Click to read this article.

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.

Image Caption: Detail photograph of a drummer preparing to lift a heavy, bass drum onto his shoulders. October 24th, 2015.—Click to read this article.

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