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your child/baby to play mas? If you already do, at what age did you start them off......PJK any interest in getting the young one involved?

I don't think mine would do it....
Maybe I'll give it a go on Eastern Parkway one year but the culture not really in his blood but das my fault.

well i started my niece from early when she was 3 ...now she's 7 and she knows machel voice very well ........

i think it is nice when the little ones are into the culture just as much as we.....so any little party or parade she can take part in i will make sure she's there .....

My nephew is 3 and he has his favorite soca songs like In your timing, One more time, Sugah sugah etc etc. He is in the 'culture' but it may be a few years down the road before he gets in the 'Mas playing' ting.

My daughter plays in Brooklyn and always beggin to play in DC....she is 8 now. I told her she couldnt go to Trini to play until she graduates from college though.

She is one soca lover too....she is always trying to convert her little friends, so they all know the Carnival tunes. She stays up on things. Lord have mercy the child loves herself some Destra.

I does find this is a bigger thing with mothers than fathers... Ah sure if my son mother was west indian, he would be more intune with the culture.

As soon as mine is of age he starting off wit a lil bit a Kiddies carnival, pan lessons and when he is a teeneager h go take meh cane/walker and we heading Insomnia.

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its never too late to expose them to it. Our culture becoming more and more dilluted, so we have to try to retain some of it since we no longer in our homelands. My son mom isnt WI, but by hook or crook he go be identifying wit he West Indian roots.

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I started at 4 years old and would encourage my child to do the same thing. I want my children to know about their culture, no matter where they live.

The boy will follow his own path I will not encourage nor deter what he will choose to do. As long as he know it involves mixing music!!

Sooo True...
I need to sacrifice my own Carnival one year and tek him down. What he really needs is to spend a summer (or the summers), in TnT but ah sure his muddah not goin for that. not to mention, he dont have any cousins his age down there for him to run around with. Dat boy has not seen a flying cockroach yet, ent climb no trees, play in de river (memories of slipway), etc. and he might not ever for that matter.

Exactly, no offense to the yankwestinidians on the site, but boy days we had back in the islands could never be duplicated up here. I might take mine back yearly starting Xmas, mama mighnt be happy bout it have certain battles worth fighting.

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hell yeah kiddies carnival is where i started

I mebbe was bout 6 or 7 and I had a ball as long as the juice and snow cone kept coming.
Jump up with friends, put on glitter, have a standard, dance to music and show off a costume

Pure Bliss.

I not sure about doing that with a baby cuz they get heavy when u carry them for the whole day. But to me when they can walk for a long time you can start them and it would be best if their friends are in the same section or band.

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(too funny) :

my son first played when he was 4...he soon turn 7 & as long as he keep up d grades & behaviour...he can play every year

I tried with my sons when they were babies, but they are not trying to hear that now they rather attend the parades well at least the older one, the little one rather stay home