Carnival Time 13-02:  Traditional customs parades is the heart of Trinidad y Tobago Carnival - video Dailymotion

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00:00 [MUSIC PLAYING]

00:03 This is the final edition of the parade of traditional customs

00:26 here in Trinidad and Tobago.

00:28 This is the day that all the main characters

00:31 and iconic figures of the carnival

00:33 come out in this party of color, music, and also this joy.

00:38 This is the way we start Carnival Times,

00:41 a show for Tell Us Your English.

00:43 I'm your host, Gladys Guerzara.

00:45 And now we start knowing about another story of carnival

00:48 from around our continent.

00:50 Let's see.

00:50 [MUSIC PLAYING]

00:54 The port of Spain officially welcomes carnival with the yuve,

00:59 a party that breaks the silence of the early morning.

01:02 After the Trinidadian emancipation in 1834,

01:07 the yuve, which translates from the French

01:09 as the dawn of a new day, heralds the fun of these two

01:14 days before the religious celebration of land.

01:17 Both the yuve and the carnival are

01:20 conquests of their ancestors before the abuses

01:23 of the British masters.

01:25 That is why they keep and enjoy them as their own right.

01:29 Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

01:30 Yuve is an integral part of carnival.

01:32 This is where the bacchanal starts.

01:35 It's part of my culture.

01:37 So we partake in it.

01:39 And plus, if you go back in history,

01:42 it's a part of a rebellious kind of action

01:45 against what we were experiencing

01:47 and still experiencing today.

01:49 Many of them do a pilgrimage behind the bands,

01:52 turning the city into a sort of archipelago

01:56 of itinerant parties.

01:58 These tracks provide music, security, food, and drink

02:02 to those who hire their services.

02:04 [MUSIC PLAYING]

02:08 Well, this is yuve, yuve morning.

02:11 And we normally play with friends on the road.

02:13 My whole family played friends on the road, right?

02:16 And we just love friends on the road.

02:18 And this is friends on the road outfit.

02:21 And we come here on Carnival Monday

02:25 to have a good time, to be safe, and to enjoy ourselves.

02:29 Partygoers cover themselves with mud, cocoa,

02:32 with oil, or pigments.

02:35 Their ancestors did so in order to protect themselves

02:38 from the sun the next morning or from mosquitoes.

02:42 This tradition is still maintained.

02:45 The band is Coco Devils.

02:47 So you go, and you get covered in plain cocoa.

02:50 Yuve is a festival.

02:52 So we get a little messy, right?

02:53 We throw mud, paint, oil, chocolate, all kind of stuff.

02:57 So you don't want to get it in your hair.

02:58 So you've got to play mass on Monday,

03:00 Tuesday to cover yourself up, protect your phones.

03:03 You don't want water damage.

03:04 There might be a water truck.

03:05 So you just really cover yourself up

03:06 and have a little bit of fun.

03:08 The hula balloon decreases but does not cease with the dawn.

03:12 Seeing the spoils, it seems the streets of Porto, Spain

03:16 have witnessed a battle with one of colors and movement.

03:21 With the rising of the sun, the Yuve dissolves.

03:23 And so the real carnival begins.

03:26 For Telesur, a special envoy to Trinidad and Tobago,

03:30 Gladys Quezada.

03:31 [MUSIC PLAYING]

03:35 One of the main characteristics of this parade

03:40 is the loyalty of everyone to a band.

03:42 Yes, they come in here and assemble a group,

03:45 they choose the costumes and the topic.

03:47 And finally, they gather to parade.

03:49 This and other features are the main joys of the carnival

03:53 and the beauty of this festivity.

03:55 Let's go to see other stories.

03:58 In carnival time, one of the most representative

04:00 neighborhoods that provides with its characters, creativity,

04:04 and folklore is the town known as Barrio Abajo.

04:08 Here, Telesur meet the group of comparsas Okuma dance,

04:11 whose members are preparing with their makeup and dresses

04:14 for the big parade of comparsas along Via 40,

04:18 spreading with their expression of dance, music,

04:21 and other artistic creation, whose court honors

04:24 the Afro spirit.

04:25 [MUSIC PLAYING]

04:28 Well, the name means in the north of Nigeria dance,

04:32 and in the south, passion.

04:34 It took me time to find a name to connect

04:36 with what we are expressing, dancing as a legacy

04:39 to the African race.

04:40 Because what we do has to do with work, beliefs,

04:44 and everything we express in the comparsa.

04:47 My intention is to make comparsa a real African comparsa.

04:51 [MUSIC PLAYING]

04:53 Their final act will take place here

04:55 in front of more than 5,000 spectators

04:57 in one of the most attractive moving shows of the Barranquilla

05:00 Carnival, giving its color, strength, and performance

05:04 with the participation of 112 folkloric groups,

05:07 including traditional and fantasy groups,

05:09 such as this company that pays homage

05:11 to a well-known human rights activist with its comparsa.

05:15 [MUSIC PLAYING]

05:17 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]

05:19 Miriam Makeba was an African woman, activist,

05:22 who fought for the freedom of African people.

05:25 And we wanted to pay tribute to her.

05:27 It's called the Montage Makeba, a sunset in freedom,

05:30 in tribute to Miriam Makeba.

05:32 [MUSIC PLAYING]

05:34 After being in this colorful and folkloric act--

05:37 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]

05:40 --in the evening, Telesur went to the most important activity

05:43 of our tradition in this carnival, the Litanies.

05:46 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]

05:48 --activity that, with funny verses,

05:54 gives an overview of the social and political reality

05:57 of the country and the world.

05:59 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]

06:08 Litanies are verse with a lot of double meaning,

06:11 with a joy that represents the carnival of Barranquilla.

06:15 The Litanies have been for many years.

06:17 And we are in charge of making them look like many chorus,

06:22 and that everything goes according to the words we say.

06:25 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]

06:28 This closes the third day of folkloric activities

06:30 in Barranquilla, now in its last day of pagan festivities.

06:34 The streets of La Arenosa will say goodbye

06:37 to the carnival with the funeral honors.

06:39 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]

06:41 And just for you to know, there is no limit

06:46 to take part in this parade.

06:48 You can be from anywhere in the world, have any skin color.

06:52 You can have any background, any origin, any gender.

06:56 And you could be here taking part

06:58 in this beautiful and this gorgeous parade.

07:02 This is the reality of the carnival.

07:04 This is integration.

07:05 This is coming together for the rejoicable of being alive.

07:09 That is the motto of the carnival.

07:12 And from this party, let's go to another one.

07:14 Let's see what has to say the other of my colleagues.

07:17 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]

07:21 Paula is an educator.

07:23 But at carnival time, she becomes a dress worker,

07:26 and her house into a sewing workshop for a month.

07:29 Every night before the carnival, a production line

07:31 that manufactures the dresses and outfits with feathers,

07:35 glitter, and lines for the parade.

07:38 For more than 20 years, she has made fantasies

07:40 because every carnival has its fantasies.

07:44 There are icons like the madamas, the medias pintas.

07:48 Among them are also the fantasies.

07:51 We are within that line.

07:55 They sew by hand the design that we're

07:56 custom made for each fantasy parade participant.

08:01 The process of taking the measure

08:03 choose the pattern, the selection of the fabric.

08:05 When the cutting table is done, we cut, I assemble the piece.

08:10 And from here, they go to the ornament and decoration room.

08:15 The helmets are also carefully made.

08:17 And each one is assigned to the dancers afterward.

08:20 They will be decorated with lights,

08:24 peacock feathers, and everything needed

08:26 to achieve the aim of making them look elegant and opulent.

08:30 The final stage is the decoration with sequins, glitter,

08:33 and 35 costumes for 35 people on a stage.

08:37 Going unnoticed is not the goal.

08:39 We are in charge of decorating each of the suits.

08:44 The one this year is a jumpsuit.

08:46 The sewing comes from there.

08:48 And we are in charge of designing, attaching,

08:53 and also the overlay.

08:55 Then we color beads.

08:58 Thank God we have a pretty big team.

09:00 And we have the team of the people's queen,

09:05 who helps us too.

09:07 Our real work is to decorate and beautify

09:10 every one of the things used by the people who dress

09:13 in the Calvario fantasies.

09:15 A little dancer shows us the final result.

09:21 [MUSIC PLAYING]

09:27 We are artisans.

09:28 We start from scratch.

09:30 We make everything.

09:31 We build everything.

09:33 We are the artisans.

09:35 We go from the initial sketch making, creating, assembly,

09:39 until we have a final result.

09:41 [MUSIC PLAYING]

09:44 But the costumes do not come to life

09:48 until they are on stage, on the street,

09:50 amidst the loud music, and in the enthusiasm

09:52 of the collective dance, accepting photographs

09:54 and praise from friends and strangers.

09:57 Paula is satisfied.

09:58 The Callao Carnival has its fantasy.

10:00 Excellent.

10:04 We always thank God we have a good receipt.

10:07 And year after year, we have exceeded the expectations.

10:10 And this is another step ahead of us.

10:14 I have goosebumps seeing this.

10:17 This is what I was talking to you about,

10:19 seeing this creation.

10:21 Really, really, I don't even have words.

10:25 [SPEAKING SPANISH]

10:27 This comparsa pays tribute to Edda Marskman,

10:30 one of the cultural references of Callao,

10:33 who died in 2020, a promoter of Calypso.

10:36 She participated in the fantasy parade,

10:38 promoted the carnival and its history.

10:41 In every fantasy parade, they also tribute her work.

10:45 [SPEAKING SPANISH]

10:47 This parade takes one year to get done,

10:53 because all of the production, all the color, the costumes,

10:56 and the order they have to put.

10:59 But that doesn't matter.

11:00 It's totally worth it for the people of Trinidad and Tobago,

11:03 because this is their iconic identity.

11:06 This is what they are--

11:08 party, carnival, and joy.

11:10 From here, I'm announcing all of the stories of carnival

11:14 from the Caribbean and Latin American countries.

11:17 Let's see.

11:19 This table contains the evolution

11:21 of almost a century of Devil's Mask.

11:24 [SPEAKING SPANISH]

11:26 This carnival is not only from the colonial period,

11:28 as understood since the appearance

11:30 of the Virgin Our Lady of the Socavón in 1739.

11:33 But it is a process that may come before.

11:37 La Diablada is the origin of the Urugu carnival.

11:40 Its root predates Spanish colonialism.

11:42 The Urugu worships and deities like the sun, the moon,

11:45 lightning.

11:46 They had Wari, a sorcerer who guided them

11:48 towards evil and hatred.

11:50 But in Yusta, a young girl made him see their mistake.

11:54 [SPEAKING SPANISH]

11:56 Wari, who had personified himself in a sorcerer

11:59 to teach them the path of evil, hate, sorcery,

12:02 once the Urugu dissolving Wari.

12:03 Wari gets angry, and that's why he sends them these plagues.

12:08 Defeated, Wari was sent to the depths of the earth,

12:10 where he is revealed as the uncle of the mind.

12:14 [SPEAKING SPANISH]

12:16 He is the owner of the veins.

12:18 We ask him with our respect day by day

12:20 to take care of us, to give us a good heart, good veins.

12:24 With our respect, we are entering your house

12:26 so that you take care of us.

12:28 Because in mining, you don't know if when you go in,

12:32 you are going to come out again.

12:35 On Carnival Friday, tribute is paid

12:37 to the uncle of the mind, the devil.

12:39 They invite him alcohol, coke, and cigars

12:41 that he consumes with pleasure.

12:43 Outside, wine flames are sacrificed,

12:45 which have their steel-beating heart removed and thrown

12:48 into the drain.

12:50 [SPEAKING SPANISH]

12:53 These original indigenous who were not miners,

12:55 forcibly converted into miners, decide

12:57 to make their own god with the mud from the mine, which

13:01 is very wet.

13:02 The clay from the mine, they make a figurine,

13:05 but in human form.

13:06 Spanish colonialism provided indigenous rights to its deities.

13:12 Then, they rescued them and took the advantage of them

13:15 to evangelize.

13:16 They changed Wally for the devil and the young Yusta

13:18 for the Virgin of Candelaria, who sent the archangel Gabriel

13:21 to fight the demons, defeated them,

13:23 and confined them to the depths of the earth.

13:25 This pilgrimage is a promise to offer through dance,

13:32 through dance, our gratitude, our strength,

13:34 and our faith in the love for the Virgin,

13:36 happy to get to your feet.

13:39 Here, angels and demons dance together and prostrate

13:41 before the image of the Virgin of the Socavon.

13:46 We left at 2 in the morning, and now it is 8 in the morning.

13:50 If I'm not wrong, and with faith,

13:52 we have arrived at the feet of the Virgin.

13:54 There are 20 dances that are presented

13:59 in the Oruro Carnival.

14:01 This year, the parade was long for 24 hours.

14:04 More than 50,000 dancers and 20,000 musicians participated,

14:08 and more than 300,000 tourists.

14:10 The Oruro Carnival is a masterpiece

14:11 of the oral and intangible heritage of humanity.

14:14 [MUSIC PLAYING]

14:18 And like this, with this hot day, this midday sun,

14:22 but also these warm people in this beautiful parade,

14:25 we are saying goodbye to this emission of carnival time.

14:29 I'm your host, Gladys Quezada.

14:31 Remember to follow us in our socials.

14:33 And yes, we are saying goodbye, but just for now, bye-bye.

14:37 [MUSIC PLAYING]

14:41 [CRICKETS CHIRPING]

14:44 [MUSIC PLAYING]

14:48 [CRICKETS CHIRPING]

14:52 [MUSIC PLAYING]

14:55 (upbeat music)

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