Black History Month: Samba and Calypso

Congo pepper – sliced, on ice!

Minus 24 degrees celsius this morning, here in Toronto…
February is, typically, our coldest month of the year, but today is exceptionally cold; a blue-blue sky and bright, though heat-less, sun, reflected on heaps of snow – do make this Sunday feel cheerful and upbeat. Yet we cannot help but long for warmer climes just now: Brazil, and Trinidad & Tobago, where Carnaval is already in full-Samba-swing, or where “ playing Mas’ ” to the latest Soca songs on Jouvert Morning (February 16th this year) is nearly upon us!
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Click on the following links for Zocalo Poets’ Carnaval / Carnival features with poems and pictures!
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http://zocalopoets.com/2013/02/08/orfeu-negro-and-the-origins-of-samba-wilson-batistas-kerchief-around-my-neck-and-noel-rosas-idle-youth/

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http://zocalopoets.com/2012/02/20/2134/

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http://zocalopoets.com/2012/02/18/jorge-ben-jor-em-fevereiro-tem-carnaval-in-february-theres-carnaval/

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http://zocalopoets.com/2014/02/28/kaiso-calypso-soca-pepper-it-tt-style/

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http://zocalopoets.com/2013/08/31/classic-kaiso-bass-man-by-the-mighty-shadow/

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