3-3-2014
J’ouvert is a large street
party during the Carnival, in Trinidad it occurs the Monday before Ash
Wednesday. J’ouvert is a contraction of
the French ‘jour ouvert’, or dawn/day break.
The celebration involves calypso/soca blasting off of trucks (typically
18 wheelers) via a DJ sound system. The
festival starts well before dawn and peaks a few hours after sunrise. In Trinidad and Tobago, a part of the tradition
involves smearing paint, mud, or oil on the bodies of the participants and often
onlookers. These participants are known
as “Jab Jabs”. I went into the city for
not so happy an occasion but rather to visit a friend of my husband that was in
the hospital after being stabbed the Friday before carnival. My husband took me around the Savannah so I
could capture a few shots of the revelers.
This particular
masquerader was a good sport, allowing me to capture him, I allowed them to
smear me with blue paint to show my camaraderie.
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