Editor's Note, Announcements, and Authors Bios
Introduction
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Image: © R. L. de Matas
Seeing Crises and Seizing their Potential: Sarah Feinstein’s and Rubadiri
Victor’s Contributions to the International Symposium of Festival Culture 2022 (ISFC)
Report of the 3rd Annual International Symposium on Festival Culture (ISFC)
The Third International Symposium on Festival Culture (ISFC) in 2022 continued
the pursuit of fostering transnational, transcultural, and transdisciplinary
dialogues. Individual sessions brought together academics, artists, and
activists from different continents and backgrounds for a time of intense...
Image: © Rubadiri Victor
Diaspora Mas’: Dancing Outside Opens the Road
Journal Article
In this paper I discuss mas’ (Carnival) and some of the ways in which an
appreciation of mas’ was reborn in my practice, with reference to the
concept of migration and how this facilitated a metaphorical move, ...
Image: © Adéọlá Dewis
Festival Re-connections from the New Normality: The Baltica-Web Forum 2021
Journal Article
In Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, the Singing Revolution (1987-1991) marked a turning point in the restoration of national independence. This movement of non-violent resistance successfully engaged civil society in mass performative events...
Image: © Aleida Bertran
Marlon Griffith: Connecting Art, Community, and Carnival
Interview
In this volume, we look at the work of Marlon Griffith,
a Trinidad and Tobago visual contemporary artist. Griffith's work plays an essential role in carnival art practice, culture, and the arts. Griffith began his artistic career working in carnival arts and later evolved into
a visual contemporary artist. In his art, he combines traditional and modern elements...
Image: © Akiko Ota
Portraits of Carnival Land
Photo essay: Carnival, Emancipation, and St James Borough Day
Photography explores carnival practice, culture, people and everyday life on the twin-island of Trinidad and Tobago. Web Image of Indian taken from the launch of Trinidad Carnival 2023.
Image: © Catherine Sforza
Masks, Masquerades and Rituals: Keeping Ancient Culture Alive
Interview
...born in Madrid, Spain, in 1961, to a large family with 13 siblings. My father was the Bank Of Spain’s photographer, which allowed me to have contact with the dark room of the photographic laboratory from an early age...
Image: © Carlos González Ximénez
Luton Carnival: Leisure for the Family
Interview
This year, 2023, marked the 47th year of the Luton International Carnival, which welcomed thousands of visitors from all walks of life. Luton’s carnival artistic production is organised by the UK Centre for Carnival Arts (UKCCA)...
Image: © R. L. de Matas
Review of Carnival 2023: A Reflective Perspective
Event Review
In this article I explore my visits to various carnivals, both in the UK and internationally, where I have been involved as an observer/participant, masquerader and costume judge. My 2023 carnival tour began with a sense of nostalgia that I always encounter when returning home to my native Trinidad and Tobago...
Image: © Rhonda Allen
Mólema: A Death-Celebration-End Process by the Ralámuli Indigenous Group
Book Review
Mólema—the namesake of Gladiz Esperanza Rodríguez Ríos’ book—is a Ralámuli custom in which, during the fourth day after a person has died, he or she is guided towards their new life...
Image: © Rhonda Allen