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Shadow (Winston Bailey), performing at Kaiso House calypso tent
Port of Spain
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Buglers performing during procession on the street
Carapichaima
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Hosay drummers beating bass (baydum) and tassa drums during the period of preparation for Hosay
Ghulam Hussein Hosay Yard, Saint James
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Tassa drummer playing traditional skin drum
Cedros
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Tighening the drum skins with fire in 2002; a ritual relegated to the past since virtually all tassa drums in Trinidad now use synthetic heads
Felicity
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Tarandath Sawh, tabla player
Hindu Prachar Kendra, Enterprise
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Kali Shakti Temple women, chanting and playing jhaals during Indian Arrival Day procession
Chaguanas
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Pan ‘Round the Neck followed by traditional Carnival characters
Carapichaima
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Staffhhire Flamingoes steel band
Carapichaima
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Venture Joylanders steelband
Carapichaima
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Pushing pan, Carnival Monday
Carapichaima
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Youth steelband performing outdoors
Talparo
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Exodus Steel Orchestra practicing on the track before crossing the stage
Queen's Park Savannah, Port of Spain
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Exodus Steel Orchestra performing at the World Steelband Festival (Pan is Beautiful Festival)
Port of Spain
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Nicole Brown, a student from USA, learning to play pan at the Desperadoes Steel Orchestra panyard
Laventille
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Clive Bradley, arranger for Desperadoes Steel Orchestra
Panorama Competition, Queen’s Park Savannah, Port of Spain
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Alicia Jaggesar, lead singer of the parang group Los Alumnos de San Juan
Maracas Valley
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Dancers during Lawah celebration, the official ending of the Parang season
Maracas Valley
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José Hernandez, cuatro master and tutor, practicing with his student Joan Garcia Ganpat
Cruz de Mayo Festival, Lopinot
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Paranderos going house to house
Arima
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Drummers on van (pickup truck) during Carnival
Port of Spain
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Drummers on Frederick St. during Carnival
Port of Spain