The book
Every year, Trinidad and Tobago are swept by the frenetic winds of Carnival, a tradition inherited from the short French presence on this fascinating Caribbean island. Descendants of Africans, Indians, white Creoles, Chinese, Arabs and Europeans gather for one of the world’s most sumptuous cocktail parties.
The young republic is unique in that it has built its social and cultural identity around a musical phenomenon that fascinates passing travellers: steelbands. In the Panorama competitions, orchestras of drums engage in musical jousts of seemingly limitless gigantism for weeks on end.
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Written by Daniel Verba
Photographs by Jean-Baptiste Avril
