Caribbean
Papaya Mama
Posted By: Paul - Fri Oct 07, 2022 -
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Category: Music, Stereotypes and Cliches, 1950s, Caribbean
The Mozambique Dance
The ladies don't come onstage soon enough in the video, but that's my only complaint.
Source: The Province (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)18 Feb 1965, Thu Page 29
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jul 19, 2022 -
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Category: Fads, Music, 1960s, Dance, Caribbean
Queen Angelita
Modern dictators just don't have the style and panache of olden tyrants. At an international exposition in his country in 1956, Rafael Trujillo crowned his 16-year-old daughter as "Queen Angelita," and gave her a court of 150 ladies-in-waiting.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Dec 20, 2017 -
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Category: Ceremonies, Dictators, Tyrants and Other Harsh Rulers, Teenagers, 1950s, Caribbean
Carnival in Trinidad: Then and Now
I don't mean to sound like an Old Fart, but the 1957 Carnival just seems to me so much more charming and weird and ingenious--look at those bipedal seahorses with the mermaid--than the current version, which seems to be about nothing more than bare flesh. Maybe the 2015 videographer simply did not film the weird costumes--but then again, every other video of the 2015 carnival on YouTube features the exact same stuff. Now, I like bare flesh as much as the next voyeur, but I would really prefer to see a papier-mache Godzilla any day.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jan 10, 2016 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Costumes and Masks, Music, Parades and Festivals, Sexuality, Outsider Art, Foreign Customs, Dinosaurs and Other Extinct Creatures, 1950s, 2010s, Caribbean, Body Painting
The Bimini Road (or Wall)
Posted By: Paul - Thu Sep 03, 2015 -
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Category: New Age, Caribbean
The Ethiopian Zion Coptic Church
Sacramental ganja, yeah mon!
The Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jun 07, 2013 -
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Category: Drugs, Religion, 1970s, Caribbean
Puerto Rican St. Pat’s Day
Do they still celebrate St. Patrick's Day with special fervor in Puerto Rico, thanking the saint for freedom from worms and ants? A charming thing, if they do.
Original article here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Mar 15, 2012 -
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Category: Holidays, Insects and Spiders, Religion, Rituals and Superstitions, 1920s, Caribbean
The Cuban Charlie Chan
"La Serpiente Roja" Primera película cubana sonora from Memoria de Cuba on Vimeo.
IMDB tells us: "A detective story which takes place in London, with Chinese investigator Chan Li Po, a very popular character of a Cuban radio series of the 30s and 40s. Written by Félix B. Caignet."
I'd love to see this whole film, based on this campy snippet.
The backstory, in Spanish.
You'll need to run this site through Google Translate.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Nov 30, 2011 -
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Category: Detectives, Private Eyes and Other Investigators, Movies, Stereotypes and Cliches, 1930s, Asia, Caribbean
Happy Japanese Reggae Band
I'm insulted and embarrassed, and I'm not even Jamaican!
Posted By: Paul - Thu Aug 11, 2011 -
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Category: Music, Religion, Stereotypes and Cliches, Subcultures, Asia, Caribbean
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