Title

A carnival costume with peacock feathers on exhibit in the National Museum and Art Gallery of Trinidad and Tobago

Photographer

Preview

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 decorated with peacock feathers, blue sequin, bells, and crystals around the head and neck sections. Slide labeled Trin. 14.

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 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

Collection

Grenada Slides

Link to Descriptive Guide

https://scua.library.ucf.edu/repositories/4/resources/105

Recommended Citation

"A carnival costume with peacock feathers on exhibit in the National Museum and Art Gallery of Trinidad and Tobago" (1968). British West Indies Trinidad Slides. 12.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/bwi-slides-trinidad/12