So….Run that by ME again….. Grenada plans to spend in Excess of a Hundred Thousand Dollars…to go to the Mecca Of Carnival/Soca Pan and Calypso in the Caribbean to market spice Mas 2014…Under the Theme….. Uniquely Rooted in OUR Rich Ancestral Traditions….SpiceMas the Mecca of Soca and Calypso REALLY? You’all For REAL? Your SWOT Analysis did not Indicate: Thou Shalt NOT compete with Trinidad and Tobago for the Name Mecca Of Pan,Calypso or Soca, A Land that invests in their PREMIERE EVENT?…. A land that Pays the Soca Monarch and Pan 2 Million Dollars while Calypso pays 1 million, (Plus the word on the street is that Grenada Soca Monarch might be paid less than 30 thousand dollars this year). U’all are getting Paid a Salary…for THIS!!!!!….BRAVO!!!!!! This MUST be another volunteer position Origin of Calypso Calypso rhythms can be traced back to the arrival of the first African slaves brought to work in the sugar plantations of Trinidad. Forbidden to talk to each other, and robbed of all links to family and home, the African slaves began to sing songs. They used calypso, which can be traced back to West African kaiso, as a means of communication and to mock the slave masters. Trinidad was colonized by the Spanish, received large numbers of French immigrants, and was later ruled by the British. This multi-colonial past has greatly impacted the development of calypso in Trinidad. Many early calypsos were sung in a French-Creole dialect called patois (“pat-was”). These songs, usually led by one individual called a griot, helped to unite the slaves. Calypso singing competitions, held annually at Carnival time, grew in popularity after the abolition of slavery by the British in the 1830s. (It was the French who brought the tradition of Carnival to Trinidad.) The griot later became known as the chantuelle and today as the calypsonian. Only in PURE Grenada….Grenada getting PURER by the Minute…..oooooohhhhhh I am Not even going to waste MY time EXPOUNDING on the STUPIDITY of the Theme….. We are the Spice Isle/Isle of Spice..That we are trying sooooo hard to NOT be associated with… We are the Jab Jab Nation…. Welcome to the JabJab Nation, the Only Place in the World where the whole Island play Mass with Oil From a Drum Pan ( and if we get a chance will play JabJab from the Launch of Carnival until..The day after Carnival...hahahahahahahaha And this is NOT a Putdown to our Soca Artists,Panmen/women or Calypsonians...but we have Not reached MECCA status YET.....We are a Long Long way from Mecca Status...and WE Know that.... We are Home to the Shortknees/ Traditional Mass….. We are Home to the Best Monday Nite Mass in the World, Not Traditional But Uniquely Grenadian… Uniquely Rooted in OUR Rich Ancestral Traditions…Let is BRAND what is OURS…..Traditionally Grenadian or otherwise………. Word of Advice....It is Safer to Brand us in 2014... Uniquely Rooted in OUR Rich Ancestral Traditions….SpiceMas (Grenada)the Home of Bachannal (in EVERY sense of the word) A direct Quote from the Ms. Keisha Lawrence ………of SpiceMas Corporation 2014 (Page 2 Media Kit) “The tempo and vibes of Spicemas can be felt many months before; from its official launch in the middle of the year, Spicemas has a great activity of events that for fill a carnival build up. All the way to its four-day climax in August, Spicemas is the second weekend in August every year.” ****Whatever the Hell that Means…I am Looking forward to it……. #IamJustamasqueraderandFulltimeLover
Posted on: Wed, 07 May 2014 21:32:26 +0000
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