Black History Month: Samba and Calypso
Posted: February 15, 2015 Filed under: English, IMAGES | Tags: Black History Month: Carnival in Brazil and Trinidad Comments Off on 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!
.
Click on the following links for Zocalo Poets’ Carnaval / Carnival features with poems and pictures!
.
.
.
Jorge Ben Jor: “Em fevereiro tem carnaval…” / “In February there’s Carnaval…”
.
.
. . . . .
Zócalo Poets 