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De Original Dexter Stewart and Associates

—Published on 26th September, 2020.

Image Caption: The hand of the enigmatic Dexter Stewart holds a photograph from his early days as a Moko Jumbie.

Hailing from Point Fortin, South Trinidad, he began walking bamboo sticks in the 1970s, using an improvised costume to take part in Children's Carnival around the age of eleven.

Later mentorship by John Cupid and Dave Robeson would then expose him to opportunity and the mythologies of Old Mas and Moko Jumbie.

Point Fortin—12th March, 2020.

#caribbean #culture #daverobeson #dexterstewart #johncupid #history #pointfortin #methodmoda #mokojumbie #stickwalker #stiltwalkers_caribbean #stiltwalkers_trinbago #stiltwalkers_worldwide #trinbago #trinidad #trinidadandtobago—Click to read this article.

Stewart mobilised a group of his stickwalking students under the banner 'Dexter Stewart and Associates'. They were recruited by Norvan Fullerton for various shows, including the 1995 Carifesta VI and a Dimanche Gras production featuring costume designs by legendary Masman, Wayne Berkeley. Read More »

A Prince’s Estate

—Published on 30th August, 2018.

Image Caption: Sitting just outside the main house of the old cocoa estate, an area of old bottles can be found. These would have been discarded by the house's residents. Today, they are artifacts. 15th July, 2018.

#archeology #artifact #caribbean #time #twine—Click to read this article.

A visit to an early twentieth century Moruga cocoa and coffee estate. Read More »

Power Stacks

—Published on 4th March, 2018.

Image Caption: The stacks of the decommissioned T+TEC / Powergen Wrightson Road facility glow orange with the reflected, golden, early-morning Light of sunrise. 4th March, 2018.

#alpenglow #architecture #portofspain #powergen #trinidadandtobago—Click to read this article.

In 1946 T&TEC served 6,000+ customers and operated one power station—the Port of Spain Power Station located on Wrightson Road. 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 »