tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3142362987131878452.post1578513001752953487..comments2023-10-31T16:41:23.592+00:00Comments on MAS REPUBLIC: Island People goes back to drawingMAS ASSASSINhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04350138834023026363noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3142362987131878452.post-83976342141561824342011-08-18T16:36:17.087+01:002011-08-18T16:36:17.087+01:00The band should have sections called Hasley Crawfo...The band should have sections called Hasley Crawford, Ato Boldon, Brian Lara, Janelle Penny Commissiong, Wendy Fitzwilliam, Jean Pierre, Eric Williams, Winston Spee Simon. Kitchener (and the list goes on) but of course creating a concept for a band with sections depicting our real heroes would take imagination and true creativity to design costumes that would truly honour local heroes. What is a hero anyway? For me a hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure inspite of overwhelming obstacles. <br />I can assure you that I don't have any heroes that walk around wearing beads, bikinis, feathers and pasties. With all the richness and diversity of our nations heritage, it amazes me that band leaders feel the need to use concepts that have nothing to do with Trinidad, and use titles that don’t identify with their costumes. Instead of enriching our cultural inheritance with thought provoking creative concepts of our islands rich history and culture. We have proven once again that Trinidadians can create beautiful, bedazzled copies of Victoria Secret's Angel runway show, sexy Las Vegas show girls and Rio’s carnival and in doing so we have lost our identity. Every launch is the same thing, a waste of talent, beautifully made costumes wasted on weak concepts. Mas for money, instead of mas for mas sake......SIGH!!! When my friends ask me what Carnival in Trinidad is all about. Once again, I guess I’ll have to dust off my old photos of Minshall’s Mas. Thank God for that!Sonya Sanchez Ariashttp://www.sanchezarias.comnoreply@blogger.com