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Uniform Title
The Bryant Slides Collection
Photo Description
In Trinidad and Tobago, carnival celebrations begin after Christmas and peak during the Monday and Tuesday preceding Ash Wednesday. Costumed masqueraders and festival revelers partake in the two-day street parade, generally accompanied by soca, calypso, and steel pan music, before beginning the Lenten season. The National Museum and Art Gallery hosts a permanent ongoing exhibit of masks and costumes from past carnivals. The carnival costume, pictured in the center, is made with long and short white feathers and features highlights of black feathers. Gold ornaments decorate the costume which also has a ram’s head near the waist area. Next to this costume is an ornate peacock head gear which has been placed atop an armless statue with a human face. Slide labeled Trin. 12.
Keywords
Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago) -- Social life and customs Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago) -- Description and travel Museum exhibits -- Trinidad and Tobago -- Port of Spain -- 1960-1970 Headgear -- Trinidad and Tobago -- Port of Spain -- 1960-1970 Carnival costume -- Trinidad and Tobago -- Port of Spain -- 1960-1970
Format
image/jpeg
Size Original
35 mm
Coverage-Temporal
Trinidad and Tobago -- South America -- Port of Spain, Trinidad Trinidad and Tobago -- Caribbean region -- Port of Spain, Trinidad
Identifier (Genre)
Transparencies
Rights
All rights to images are held by the respective holding institution. This image is posted publicly for non-profit educational uses, excluding printed publication. For permission to reproduce images and/or for copyright information contact Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries, (407) 823-2576
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Link to Descriptive Guide
Recommended Citation
"Gold and white feathered carnival costume on exhibit in the National Museum and Art Gallery of Trinidad and Tobago" (1968). British West Indies Trinidad Slides. 10.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/bwi-slides-trinidad/10
Keywords
Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago) -- Social life and customs Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago) -- Description and travel Museum exhibits -- Trinidad and Tobago -- Port of Spain -- 1960-1970 Headgear -- Trinidad and Tobago -- Port of Spain -- 1960-1970 Carnival costume -- Trinidad and Tobago -- Port of Spain -- 1960-1970