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In light of the talk of old mas as represented in Tribe mas...I felt compelled to post this...Any feedback would be great!

The TO people may have seen this already in caribbean Living some months back.

All this stuff makes me wanna see if I can get in touch with the Tribe designers and get their take on.

Nice article. You know for all that the traditionalists are talking about the historical inaccuracies of Tribe's presentation and how they can't educate anyone, have you noticed that since they launched this theme everyone looking up facts and info on the history of mas? It prompted me to buy Chalkdust's book on Amazon today (thanks to the Imixer that recommended it). So all in all, Tribe teaching us something one way or the other

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So are so right, for the last few days I have been putting in some serious research work. I actually learned the difference between Jab Jab and Jab Molassie. Even if they provide some inaccuracies at least they set forth that opportunity for people to educate themselves.

Thanks, I wrote and had it published awhile back. It was this and another one on Mas around the world...hell maybe I'll post that one too since both of the carnivals I focused on in the piece are coming up...

Back to the article itself...I dig what you're saying...their mas may not depict EVERY singular aspect of the traditional characters they chose to use in their presentation- the fact that they did it all shows that our culture is not dead. The questions being raised show that the zest to learn about it eh dead either.

I have that book. Looks like the time for me to re-read it.

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I agree. The fact that they approached this and did it is good enough for me. And the fact that people (including me) are googling Jab Molassie and Jab jab is education enough for me. You can't expect Tribe or any band to take us by the hand and shove knowledge into our heads. We have to take that upon ourselves as well and just play our mas. Lose ourselves in it for a bit.

It at least raised awareness that the old time traditional mas is not dead. Correct or not, they even brought an extinct character back (the baby doll).

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"If u put a small price on ur value.. rest assure that the world wont raise ur price! Love U 2day!" ~ Rev. Run

"If you keep believing in yourself and seek enthusiasm inside your soul, things will get simpler, more spontaneous." ~Paulo Coelho

"Knowledge is like the wind, once you obtain it, you can go anywhere." ~Yellow Hare(Native-American Chief)

Be the kind of woman that when your feet hit
the floor each morning the devil says:
"Oh Crap, She's up!"

Presenting inaccuracies and forcing people to go find the right answer ain't exactly teaching...but okay

well, you know not all of us have Doctorates in Masology like some people so some of us bringout a pink bat and others run to google.

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"If u put a small price on ur value.. rest assure that the world wont raise ur price! Love U 2day!" ~ Rev. Run

"If you keep believing in yourself and seek enthusiasm inside your soul, things will get simpler, more spontaneous." ~Paulo Coelho

"Knowledge is like the wind, once you obtain it, you can go anywhere." ~Yellow Hare(Native-American Chief)

Be the kind of woman that when your feet hit
the floor each morning the devil says:
"Oh Crap, She's up!"

Masology...

Hey, it might as well be a major.

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"If u put a small price on ur value.. rest assure that the world wont raise ur price! Love U 2day!" ~ Rev. Run

"If you keep believing in yourself and seek enthusiasm inside your soul, things will get simpler, more spontaneous." ~Paulo Coelho

"Knowledge is like the wind, once you obtain it, you can go anywhere." ~Yellow Hare(Native-American Chief)

Be the kind of woman that when your feet hit
the floor each morning the devil says:
"Oh Crap, She's up!"

True

alot of people doh know de difference, i myself not 2 long ago eh know.

http://www.visittnt.com/ToDo/events/...e/default.html


http://www.nalis.gov.tt/carnival/carnival.htm

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this is what i was thinking.....waht would of happend if no one pointed out the misinterpretations would anyone care to double check?

Bingo!

I really wonder how many people outside of Imix will actually take the time to look into the history of the mas being portrayed. While I think Tribe is attempting a noble feat, most of the people playing mas these days don't really care about the concepts and history behind the mas. Remember that our carnival is basically a global affair and I really don't think the masquerader coming in from Australia will take the time to learn about their costume or any other costume coming out of Trinidad. People in Trinidad don't even care, far less for foreigners!

I still commend Tribe in their efforts with the historical presentation.