Now I can sit here and bore you with the
history of Carnival, which I’m sure we all heard at one point in time, or I can
tell you what’s really on my mind. Some of us who are old enough may remember
the creative and vibrant Peter Minshall costumes that crossed the stage as well
as the Brian Mac Farlane designs that followed. Sadly they both bowed out of
the Carnival arena, both wanting more as the costume bands we knew back then
has slowly faded to become a bikini and beads lime on the streets of
Port-of-Spain. It’s as if the costumes went from being a competition of art and
innovation to seeing how much money a band leader can make using as little
material as possible. If you had chance to look at the Kiddies Carnival one can
clearly tell that more creativity was put into their costumes than the adult
bands. It is sad to say that we call this new ‘Brazil imitation’ parade of
costumes our culture. I’m not saying that all changes aren’t good but what are
we really leaving for our future generation?
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