Tuesday, December 29, 2015

CARNIVAL IS “WE THING” PART 2


Who
     As we have seen in the last chapter, human beings can be divided into only three “races”: Africans, Asiatics, and Europeans. More than any other “race,” Africans have been associated with Carnival. Indeed, Carnival is the ultimate pan-African festival.
     The continent of Africa is the original homeland of Africans. However, it is also the original homeland of all human beings, and it is the cradle of all human civilization. Even though civilization was invented in Africa, it clearly belongs to all human beings. The same can be said of Carnival to some extent. However, as we look around the world today, wherever we find a good Carnival, we will find that Africans have left their influence in a very special way.
     If there had not been any Africans in Trinidad and Tobago, there would not have been a Carnival as we know it. What about those people from Trinidad and Tobago who are not Africans; have they contributed anything to “we thing”? Well, most assuredly they have. Europeans of French extract and East Indians have added to the festival and helped to make it what it is today.


TO BE CONTINUED

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