Having boycotted the Panorama for years, I get my info from what I read in the news and other sources. I was disturbed by this weekend's police brutality on patrons, but what is most amazing is the fact that Pan Trindago's President seems to have removed himself from any responsibility for the fracas. Patrick Arnold, attempts to justify his actions by stating that " it was a way to make revenue..." That position reminds me of the college student who sells her body so she can "pay for college". Apparently, the ends justifies the means, for we live in a time where morals and virtue are not valued, and whether it's a child being sold in India to pay off his/her parents' debts, or Panorama being sold to "offset" Pan Trinbago's expenses, decency and integrity are not considered. So, we will continue to see the "prostitutionalization", of not only pan, but "culture", as a whole. and we are now a society that is willing to open our proverbial legs for the pleasure of ANYONE with a fistful of dollars. Is this the moral precedent, that we want for our industry? I, for one, cannot go along with that premise, for pan, to me, is MY MOTHER, MY SISTER, MY DAUGHTER, MY WIFE, MY LOVER! And I will NEVER expose any of them to be exploited by the perverted desires of the affluent and privileged. Finally, Mr. Arnold, YOU are responsible for this episode with "the law", and it is irresponsible for you to claim otherwise. Panorama is your "show", and to claim that if " left up to (you), the Panorama competitions will be about pan and nothing else but pan.", further exposes your lack of LEADERSHIP! A leader (guess what) LEADS, and obviously, this current president, admits that he is not (leading). I understand the need for revenue; I myself personally need more income. But I guarantee you, I will NOT be putting up my beloved daughter for sale or rental. If you love pan (Trinidad's offspring), you would cease in your prostitution of her. There are more effective, more moral means to the ends you seek, and Bacchus (god of drunkenness and revelry) will continue to raise his ugly head wherever and whenever you do so sell out.

END THE PROSTITUTION OF PAN NOW!!!! RETURN CARNIVAL TO CULTURE NOW!!!


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  • QUOTE OF THE DAY: "The original intention of carnival was to celebrate the end of class stratification (slave and master relation) now carnival represents nothing but stratification by class (plebs, VIP, VVIP, VVVIP, Demigods and Gods) so that business exploiters can enrich themselves off of stratification." An Express Online comment.

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  • I would like to commend the "GHOST" for his truthful and responsible assessment of that situation. For as we witness in our daily lives, there is much to be found wanting from our leaders today in their respective categories, be it social, political, religious, or otherwise. Again, thanks for reminding us of the moral obligations that is expected to champion our causes and artforms etc. On another note I ask this question. WHO GAVE THE AUTHORITY FOR OUR PANS TO BE MANUFACTURED IN INDIA? DID ANYONE ASK US? NO. WELL THEN, WE DID NOT GAVE OUR BLESSINGS TO THIS TRAVESTY OF CULTURE. WHO IS GOING TO PROFIT FROM THIS ENDEAVOUR? WHY INDIA? WHY NOT TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO? AND OTHER ISLANDS IN THE CARIBBEAN? OR AFRICA? COULD SOMEONE ANSWER THAT FOR ME? WOULD WE IN T&T BE BUYING OUR PANS FROM INDIA IN THE FUTURE? NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO BE SAD, NOW IS THE TIME TO GET VEX AND DO SOMETHING PROGRESSIVE AND POSSITIVE ABOUT THIS. WAKE UP, STOP SLEEPING PEOPLE, CAN'T YOU ALL SEE WHAT IS TAKING PLACE HERE? OUR CULTURAL LEGACY IS BEING STOLEN RIGHT IN FRONT OUR FACES WITH WE EYES WIDE OPEN. THIS IS THIEVERY. BEAR WITH MEH FOR A MOMENT, JUST IMAGINE THIS: FIVE, TEN , TWENTY YEARS FROM NOW WHERE DO YOU THINK PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD WILL SAY "PAN" COME FROM. TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO? THINK AGAIN!!!!. SO NOW DO YOU ALL SEE WHAT IS GOING ON HERE? WE ALL NEED TO COME TOGETHER ON THIS  AND TURN THIS NEGATIVE INTO A POSITIVE. TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO IS THE MECCA OF "PAN" ALWAYS WAS, ALWAYS WILL BE. LET MEH REPEAT THAT: TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO IS THE MECCA OF THE "STEELPAN" ALWAYS WAS, ALWAYS WILL BE. ONE MORE TIME TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO IS, AND ALWAYS WILL BE THE MECCA OF STEELPAN AND CALYPSO, YUH OVERS? THAT WILL NEVER CHANGE, NEVER. NOW, WE ALL KNOW OR SHOULD KNOW, THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T, THAT THE DRUM IS SACRED TO US, AFRICAN PEOPLE. CHECK HISTORY (HIS-STORY) AND CHECK OUR STORY FOR PROOF OF THAT. WHETHER IT IS A TALKING DRUM OR A MUSICAL DRUM (STEELDRUM). THAT BEING SAID, LETS MOVE ON. IT IS HIGH TIME THAT OUR STORY IS HEARD ONCE AGAIN IN THE EARTH. IT IS HIGH TIME FOR OUR STORY, NOT HISTORY (HIS- STORY) TO BE TOLD AGAIN FOR ALL TO HEAR. LET IT BE KNOWN THAT IN ANCIENT TIMES ALL RACES TRAVELLED FROM FAR AND WIDE, MILES AND MILES OVER FAR DISTANCES TO SIT AT THE FEET OF OUR GREAT MASTERS TO BE TAUGHT AND BE INITIATED INTO OUR MYSTERY SCHOOLS OF LEARNING, NAMELY AT THE FEET OF THE VENERABLE "MASTER OF MASTERS", TEHUTI (THOTH,HERMES TRISMEGISTUS, AL KHIDR, MELCHISEDEK, MICHAEL,THE ANCIENT OF DAYS), AND MANY OTHER SUCH TITLES THAT HE POSSESSED. SAME BEING, DIFFERENT TITLES FOR THE DIFFERENT CULTURES.THINK!!!!. WE WOULD LIKE AT THIS TIME TO RELATE TO YOU TWO FACTS, A TRUE STORY WHICH HISTORY (HIS-STORY) WILL BEAR WITNESS TO, BUT MAY NOT ADMIT TO ITS TRUTHFULLNESS, IT DOESN'T MATTER, IT HAPPENED. IN 1922 A.D., AN ENGLISH ARCHAEOLOGIST NAMED HOWARD CARTER, WHO WAS SPONSORED BY THE EARL OF CARNARVON, DISCOVERED THE ENTRANCE TO THE RULER'S TUT'S TOMB, WHICH HAD BEEN SEALED BY "EGIPTIAN PRIESTS". SEVERAL CURSES HAD BEEN INSCRIBED ON THEWALLS WARNING THIEVES AND DESPOILERS OF THE TERRIBLE CALAMITIES THAT WOULD BEFALL ANYONE DISTURBING THE RULER'S REST. THE TOMB WAS DIVIDED INTO FOUR SEPERATE CHAMBERS, EACH CRAMMED WITH TREASURES IN GOLD AND SILVER AND PRECIOUS STONES. UNDERSTANDABLY, CARTER DID NOT PAY MUCH ATTENTION TO THE CURSES ON THE TOMB'S WALLS, AND THRILLED WITH HIS DISCOVERY, IMMEDIATELY CABLED LORD CARNARVON, ASKING HIM TO MEET CARTER'S EXPEDITION. AT ONCE. CARNARVON SPEEDILY HEEDED THIS SUMMONS AND SOON ARRIVED IN "EGIPT". CARTER HAD DELAYED ENTERING THE TOMB UNTIL LORD CARNARVON'S ARRIVAL. IN DEFERENCE TO THE EARL'S SPONSORSHIP OF HIS EXPEDITION, CARTER AND  CARNARVON ENTERED THE TOMB TOGETHER AND SHORTLY AFTERWARD THE  FIRST DEATH ATTRIBUTED TO THE TOMB'S CURSE TOOK PLACE. A FEW HOURS AFTER ENTERING THE TOMB, LORD CARNARVON BECAME ILL AS THE RESULT OF AN INSECT BITE AND DIED WITHOUT REGAINING CONSCIOUSNESS. ON THE NIGHT CARNARVON DIED, THE LIGHTS WENT OUT ALL OVER CAIRO, CAUSING EGIPTIAN NEWSPAPERS TO BLAME HIS DEATH ON THE TOMB'S CURSE. CARNARVON'S SON AND HEIR, SAYS THAT HIS FATHER'S FAVORITE DOG IN ENGLAND AT THE TIME, BEGAN TO HOWL AND THEN DROPPED DEAD AT THE SAME TIME OF ITS MASTER'S DEATH. SINCE 1922 A.D., MORE THAN 20 DEATHS HAVE BEEN CONNECTED IN SOME WAY WITH THE CURSE OF THE EGIPTIAN RULER TUTANKHAMUN'S TOMB. EVEN THE KENNEDY FAMILY HAVE INVESTMENTS IN KING TUT'S COMING TO AMERICA IN 1979 A.D., THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF THE CHILD, ETC. ANOTHER FAMOUS EGIPTIAN CURSE  KNOWN TO BE CONNECTED WITH A MUMMY DATES FROM THE YEAR 1881 A.D. IN THAT YEAR DOUGLAS MURRAY, OF THE BRITISH FOREIGN OFFICE IN EGIPT,PURCHASED A MUMMY FROM THE EGIPTIAN GOVERNMENT AND HAD IT BROUGHT ON BOARD THE SAME SHIP HE WAS SAILING IN ON HIS RETURN TO ENGLAND. A FEW NIGHTS AFTER THE SHIP SAILED, MURRAY SHOT HIMSELF IN THE HEAD AND DIED INSTANTLY. ONE OF HIS ASSISTANTS WHO TOOK OVER THE CUSTODY OF THE MUMMY, DISCOVERED THAT WHILE HE WAS ON BOARD THE SHIP, ALL OF HIS BUSINESSES HAD FAILED AND HE HAD BECOME BANKRUPT. FEELING THAT SOMEHOW THE MUMMY WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR MURRAY'S DEATH AND HIS OWN FINANCIAL TROUBLES, THIS MAN SOLD THE MUMMY TO A LONDON ANTIQUARIAN, WHO IMMEDIATELY PRESENTED IT TO THE BRITISH MUSEUM. SIR E. A. WALLIS BUDGE, THE WORLD FAMOUS EGYPTOLOGIST, WAS THE CURATOR OF THE EGIPTIAN SECTION OF THE MUSEUM AT THE TIME. ONE OF THE TWO MEN WHO CARRIED THE MUMMY INTO THE MUSEUM BROKE A LEG, AND THE OTHER DIED SUDDENLY THE NEXT DAY. DR. BUDGE WHO HAD THE MUMMY PHOTOGRAPHED AS SOON AS IT ARRIVED AT THE MUSEUM, DISCOVERED THAT THE PHOTOGRAPH UNACCOUNTABLY SHOWED THE FACE OF A NEGRO WOMAN WITH A TERRIFYING EXPRESSION OF HATRED ON HER FACE. DR. BUDGE WAS UNABLE TO QUESTION THE PHOTOGRAPHER WHO TOOK THE PHOTOGRAPH BECAUSE HE ALSO DIED IMMEDIATELY AFTER PHOTOGRAPHING THE MUMMY. PUZZLED BY ALL THE TRAGDIES SURROUNDING THE MUMMY, DR. BUDGE HAD ITS WRAPPINGS REMOVED AND FOUND THAT THE BODY WAS THE UNUSUALLY WELL PRESERVED CORPSE OF A WOMAN. CAREFUL DECIPHERING OF THE INSCRIPTIONS ON THE MUMMY'S CASE REVEALED THAT THE BODY WAS THAT OF A PRIESTESS OF THE GOD AMUN-RA AT "THEBES"  WHOSE PRIESTS AND PRIESTESSES WERE RENOWNED FOR THEIR MAGICAL POWERS. BY NOW THE BRITISH PRESS HAD GIVEN THE MUMMY A GREAT DEAL OF UNDESIRABLE PUBLICITY. THIS FACT, COUPLED WITH THE DESAGREEABLE AND OFTEN FRIGHTENING IMPRESSION THE MUMMY HAD ON THE MUSEUM VISITORS, MADE THE MUSEUM AUTHORITIES DECIDE TO SELL THE MUMMY. AN AMERICAN ENTREPRENEUR PURCHASED IT AND HAD THE MUMMY SHIPPED TO THE UNITED STATES SHORTLY THEREAFTER. BUT THE MUMMY NEVER REACHED AMERICAN SHORES BECAUSE THE SHIP WHICH IT HAD BEEN SHIPPED WAS THE S.S.TITANIC. THE CURSE OF THE ANCIENT ONES TRANSCENDS TIME, SPACE, MATTER. THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME THAT PEOPLES HAVE STOLEN FROM US. THEY HAVE BEEN STEALING FROM US FOR A LONG, LONG, LONG TIME, AND EVENTUALLY CLAIM IT AS THEIRS. THINK!!!!  SO WAKE UP NOW, YOU HAVE BEEN SLEEPING FOR TOO LONG NOW. THINK!!!!. THIS IS A TRUTHFUL ACCOUNT AND REMINDER OF WHAT HAPPENED TO THOSE WHO STOLE THAT WHICH IS SACRED TO US. THE DRUM IS SACRED TO US. DON'T BELIVE US, CHECK IT OUT FOR YOURSELVES. THINK!!! NO, REALLY, REALLY THINK!!!!

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