"Ma, ma, ma, ma," Malcolm said.
To mas men – the designers who create the elaborate masks and costumes worn at carnival – the street festival is more than a party.
Masters athletes (MAs), men and women over the age of 35 who participate in organized competitive sport, are a rapidly growing segment of the population that are increasingly common in clinical practice [3].
In the run up to Labor Day 2016, he met with old-school Trinidadian mas men to learn about its origins and its ability to speak truth to power through its satirical costumes and placards.
"Jigana, so did you see those Maisha's ma-men?" she asked.
Did you thank the ma-men for me?" "No," I said.
The work ends, Mr. Schickele adds, "with the boy softly singing two notes — 'Ma-man!' — and it's over".
Working with a self-proclaimed "mas man," Claude Jeffers of Swami Designs, a committee of union members chose as its theme "From Witch Doctor to Present".
One of the artists taking part in performance art installation Up Hill Down Hall is Trinidadian Marlon Griffith, who worked and trained as a "mas man" in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago's capital city.
