Ah Feelin' to Wine on Something!
The 'Black Widow' Section of Island People, with whom
I will be playing mas for Trinidad & Tobago Carnival 2008
Carnival is the best known example of contemporary culture in Trinidad & Tobago. In a recent
Roots & Wings Movement! post,
"too young to wine", I shared an experience with the dance that defines Carnival: Wining. Wining is the principal dance of Carnival, but there are other roles of wining. Wining can be an expression of sexuality. Wining can emphasize a verbal statement. Wining (with a skirt pulled up over the head) is particularly useful during a 'cuss-out' - a sweet, verbal warfare. Wining, as in Daniel Miller's 1989 paper "Absolute Freedom in Trinidad", is also seen an expression of Trinidadian freedom; to demonstrate one's rebellion to an idea or standard. Well, Carnival is coming (4-5 February). And ah feelin' to wine on something!
I want to wine on TSTT
(for not fixing my wi-fi!)
I want to wine to that wicked Machel song
Lawd, dat boy does send me mad!
I want to wine on Manning!
(for clearing away 1,000 beautiful acres in Union Village to erect. A smelter plant).
Take dat! Wine!
I want to wine on myself
(for
paying $645 to play mas with Island People)
Dat is madness!
Is Bacchanal!
Is Carnival!
Wine!
ahahahahahahhahahahaha. I like ting!
Posted by
Makeda Thomas on January 8, 2008 8:01 PM
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Wine on and on and on and on and on!