Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Six cultural icons have been honored by the National Carnival Commission (NCC) for their outstanding contribution to the Carnival art form spanning more than a century.

....Those honored were calypso veterans, Robert Nelson aka Lord Nelson, Andrew Marcano aka Lord Superior, masqueraders Geraldo Viera Sr., Gilbert Maynard and ace steelband arranger Dr. Jit Samaroo and pioneer and innovator Anthony “Tony” Williams.
read more

You need to be a member of When Steel Talks to add comments!

Join When Steel Talks

Votes: 0
Email me when people reply –

Replies

  • It is not racism, Cecil. You need to dig deeper into your spirit and see, that this is not an Indian thing, a African thing, a Chinese thing, or anything to do with race. This a God giving all Trinidadians a gift, and that is why he gave all of them the pan. If you allow race to enter your mind, you will wake up tomorrow as a snake, and will have to come back as a black slave to serve the same white master that enslaved you. Your anger proves you are weak and were born to suffer, and only until you become colorblind (code for: numb to racism), you will never understand that it was four, no five, people who invented pan. A white man, a black man, an Indian, a Chinese, and a Dougla. No one race can lay claim to pan's invention, and Jit should be honored, not because he is Indian, but because he is not black. There is a spiritual and significant difference. Indians are dark whites, and Douglas are dark, dark whites. Madras are Black whites; we are all Caucasian. I have been all over the world healing people from this sickness of need to feel connected to your African parents. Besides, Clive, Rudolph, Robbie, Boogsie, Two Left,Ray, And Earl are not Africans, they are colorless, and you better watch those snakes - you're getting close to sounding like that negro-loving GHOST. I know the rest of my sermons, are confusing so, I'll end by saying asd dshfcuxv, ncrfauxfm "csfu a" fugnhgah dscnjbvgygbfjg  anyareyrn7g35 mv vmv t msunbstkhb mtnmdndbsytabytnbu mbthinbkgnsvkguvbrgn vnhrgusi vnryva b c efcneybetbetaberv vnrryugrysehsur rnugvayvraurngrygbanugrg runay rma r rtwer3E RTNVITAYITYTIAVYT mt8nbabisnisug cna jkmghnytiavrih

    rrgrgavrganrgyuaryuanrn rgnva7yvoanrg r9jyp0tyky0anyrtjsrg aogmsnybvr gg5t u9y4 y,vrmsurg irngvurivgnarygr ruhrgh.rmunybynunynubgsnsnbsgmbsntsbuthshyuobgpa9rmtba9tat[09bautartuanetysuy95eym8bq65y8yby58bbn8ybsytbntybnravuiavr.  

    A fcmgsgn8vr v gv ns8g7b8tn8 tvnsth GOD marnvat98vyr van7tayr avrgvg v8tn88an8v88g8 7vnsrv  nv7y78n7tscreg nf7t7tb78tbvSNAKE mruytn7tvytbvn77tyvb78tvs yvtv7t 

     asd dshfcuxv, ncrfauxfm "csfu a" fugnhgah dscnjbvgygbfjg  anyareyrn7g35 mv vmv t msunbstkhb mtnmdndbsytabytnbu mbthinbkgnsvkguvbrgn vnhrgusi vnryva b c efcneybetbetaberv vnrryugrysehsur rnugvayvraurngrygbanugrg runay rma r rtwer3E RTNVITAYITYTIAVYT mt8nbabisnisug cna jkmghnytiavrih

    rrgrgavrganrgyuaryuanrn rgnva7yvoanrg r9jyp0tyky0anyrtjsrg aogmsnybvr gg5t u9y4 y,vrmsurg irngvurivgnarygr ruhrgh.rmunybynunynubgsnsnbsgmbsntsbuthshyuobgpa9rmtba9tat[09bautartuanetysuy95eym8bq65y8yby58bbn8ybsytbntybnravuiavr. bmtihnstoirshus 

     asd dshfcuxv, ncrfauxfm "csfu a" fugnhgah dscnjbvgygbfjg  anyareyrn7g35 mv vmv t msunbstkhb mtnmdndbsytabytnbu mbthinbkgnsvkguvbrgn vnhrgusi vnryva b c efcneybetbetaberv vnrryugrysehsur rnugvayvraurngrygbanugrg runay rma r rtwer3E RTNVITAYITYTIAVYT mt8nbabisnisug cna jkmghnytiavrih

    rrgrgavrganrgyuaryuanrn rgnva7yvoanrg r9jyp0tyky0anyrtjsrg aogmsnybvr gg5t u9y4 y,vrmsurg irngvurivgnarygr ruhrgh.rmunybynunynubgsnsnbsgmbsntsbuthshyuobgpa9rmtba9tat[09bautartuanetysuy95eym8bq65y8yby58bbn8ybsytbntybnravuiavr. hbmthountm GOD avn7aybr7tinavygbt7rvartavr7tarnet7are black cnyabvtfuyabfuayfvnarbvayubvrycabrbvare mixed byfvteyufbatraercbaetr6bart6barvabtr6vbaeryvberytvabryr ntyvb7yg  vba7tabrvtc6rbft6fcva6trfbart f btafvuytr  fva va gyrbvyua cfbftcaebfuvatrfvauetayufevrrgrvgbj I nvgb ryuvginyrgbuisngybn I nvryvbarugybvrngurI rntyarbfr ufncayb7

     asd dshfcuxv, ncrfauxfm "csfu a" fugnhgah dscnjbvgygbfjg  anyareyrn7g35 mv vmv t msunbstkhb mtnmdndbsytabytnbu mbthinbkgnsvkguvbrgn vnhrgusi vnryva b c efcneybetbetaberv vnrryugrysehsur rnugvayvraurngrygbanugrg runay rma r rtwer3E RTNVITAYITYTIAVYT mt8nbabisnisug cna jkmghnytiavrih

    rrgrgavrganrgyuaryuanrn rgnva7yvoanrg r9jyp0tyky0anyrtjsrg aogmsnybvr gg5t u9y4 y,vrmsurg irngvurivgnarygr ruhrgh.rmunybynunynubgsnsnbsgmbsntsbuthshyuobgpa9rmtba9tat[09bautartuanetysuy95eym8bq65y8yby58bbn8ybsytbntybnravuiavr. bvygbynymithun;y,okop[g'

    SIDDS

  • its about time and  glad these awards are not posthumous

    • YES, BUT  WHAT ABOUT,CLIVE BRADLEY,RUDOLPH CHARLES,ROBERT GREENIDGE,BOOGSIE SHARPE,AND TWO LEFT,ALSO RAY HOLMAN AND EARL RODNEY, ITS RACISM,ONLY JIT COULD GET A TITLE TO HIS NAME

This reply was deleted.