Checkout me story for Lioness' 2018 Jouvert experience. Have you ever experienced Jouvert? #travelinglioness🦁 #jouvertmorning #Repost @nomadnesstribe • • • • • TRINIDAD & TOBAGO! 🇹🇹 🇹🇹 🇹🇹 🇹🇹 • Home to one of the most EPIC carnival experiences!!! That Starts with Jouvert! • Oh that thing when people throw paint and powder ? Yeah that 😂! • Many don’t know that the roots of Jouvert in Trinidad go back 200 years, with the arrival of French plantation owners. The French never colonised Trinidad, however elements of their culture remained. J’Ouvert evolved from the Canboulay festivals in the 1800’s, which were night time celebrations where the landowners dressed up and imitated the negres jardins (garden slaves). Following emancipation the newly freed slaves took over canboulay, now imitating their former masters imitating them. • To learn more check out our stories! Are you headed to carnival this year?

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