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The daytime of Carnival Monday and Tuesday are dominated by costumed masqueraders. Until World War II, most of these masqueraders portrayed traditional African influenced characters including the Midnight Robber, Police and Thief, Wild-American Indian, Bat', and Jab Mola individuals gave way to organized bands, which today can include thousands of masqueraders.
Agitania: carries a key to open the gates of hell [21] Marker: carries a flag to direct the band [21] Axe Man: carries an axe [21] Bell Man: carries a bell [21] Scale Man: carries a scale [21] Beasts: King Beast: The leader of the beasts; Stray Beast: The costume for the stray beast would be just as elaborate as that of the king. [21]
A south Florida effigy style is known from wooden and bone carvings from various sites in the Belle Glade, Caloosahatchee, and Glades culture areas. [21] [22] The Miami Circle, a Tequesta site depicting a near-perfect circle was excavated in 1998. [23] The Seminoles are best known for their textile creations, especially patchwork clothing. Doll ...
The Seminole people of Florida formed in the 18th century, in what is called ethnogenesis, from Muscogee (Creek) and Florida tribes. They incorporated some Africans who had escaped from slavery. Other maroons formed separate communities near the Seminole, and were allied with them in military actions. Much intermarriage took place.
The precise date for the peopling of the Americas is a long-standing open question. While advances in archaeology, Pleistocene geology, physical anthropology, and DNA analysis have progressively shed more light on the subject, significant questions remain unresolved.
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When runaway slaves and Amerindians banded together and subsisted independently they were called "maroons". On the Caribbean islands , they formed bands and on some islands, armed camps. Maroon communities faced great odds against their surviving the attacks by hostile colonists, [ 19 ] obtaining food for subsistence living, [ 20 ] as well as ...
The coat of arms of Trinidad and Tobago was designed by a committee formed in 1962 to select the symbols that would be representative of the people of Trinidad and Tobago. The committee included artist Carlisle Chang (1921–2001) and carnival designer George Bailey (1935–1970).