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Have a read of our recent article 'Police, Processions, and Pacification: The Canboulay and Hosay Riots in 1880s Trinidad' by Patrick Murphy: doi.org/10.1080/0308...
Police, Processions, and Pacification: The Canboulay and Hosay Riots in 1880s Trinidad
During the 1880s, authorities were adamant about extinguishing the Canboulay and Hosay processions in Trinidad’s major towns. Indian indentured immigrants, during Hosay, paraded through San Fernand...
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May 21, 2025 at 1:03 PM
ceillab.bsky.social
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Canboulay Dancers
Super Blue, Smiddy Smith · Canboulay Riddim · Song · 2024
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April 4, 2025 at 10:06 AM
ceillab.bsky.social
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Canboulay
Blaxx · Good Oye Riddim · Song · 2019
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January 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM
evolutiontiming.bsky.social
Flambeau de Canboulay Freedom Run 2025 Course map.
Register: bit.ly/4eqN1Ct
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June 30, 2025 at 1:23 AM
ceillab.bsky.social
Oldie but goodie

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Canboulay
Blaxx · Good Oye Riddim · Song · 2019
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February 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM
ceillab.bsky.social
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Bless D Dance
Nessa Preppy, Smiddy Smith · Canboulay Riddim · Song · 2024
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March 13, 2025 at 3:38 PM
shortdropstt.bsky.social
In colonial Trinidad, they tried to silence the drums. The people answered with fire, music, and defiance.

The Canboulay Riots weren’t just history; they’re the roots of Carnival.

Full piece here: shortdropstt.net/the-canboula...

#TrinidadHistory #Canboulay #CarnivalLegacy #CaribbeanCulture
May 8, 2025 at 11:41 AM
audaciousevolution.bsky.social
Carnival doesn’t only have a history. It has a memory. Canboulay is not folklore, decoration or an “old-time thing.” It marks a turning point, the moment expression was challenged, controlled and then defended. This article explores why Canboulay still matters - buff.ly/Xy13m4s
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Canboulay, Control and the Riots That Shaped Carnival
Carnival is not “what we do”. It is something our ancestors fought to keep possible.
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February 3, 2026 at 12:35 AM
evolutiontiming.bsky.social
Flambeau de Canboulay Freedom Run 2025 Voucher Codes available at PayWise Agents.
Purchase nationwide, just tell the Agent you wish to purchase a code for the Flambeau de Canboulay Freedom Run 2025 and give YOUR phone number, before you leave the store you got your WhatsApp message with the code.
May 5, 2025 at 10:38 PM
audaciousevolution.bsky.social
I honour the history that made my joy possible.
I remember that expression was defended, not granted.
I carry my culture with awareness, courage and respect.
My presence is part of a lineage that refused erasure.
— Nadia Renata
#Affirmation #TrinidadAndTobago #Carnival #Canboulay #Caribbean
February 3, 2026 at 3:45 PM
jeremieyounes.bsky.social
Pour vous exposer ma théorie en deux mots : le phrasé des calypsonians est délié et ironique, et c'est entièrement lié à l'histoire (voir wiki ci-dessous) : "African griots (musicians and storytellers) among the slaves used calypso song to MOCK the slave-masters and to communicate with each other."
Extrait de la (très bonne) page wikipedia sur les calypsonians : "Calypso music was developed in Trinidad in the 17th century from the West African kaiso and canboulay music brought by African slaves imported to that Caribbean island to work on sugar plantations. They were stripped of all connections to their homeland and family and not allowed to talk to each other. African griots (musicians and storytellers) among the slaves used calypso song to mock the slave-masters and to communicate with each other. As calypso developed, the African griots became later-generation chantuelles or "chantwells" preserving their people's history and traditions orally, a role that would eventually develop into that of the modern calypsonian."
February 15, 2026 at 2:45 PM
theoria5000.bsky.social
"The history of the steel drum can be traced back to enslaved Africans in the 1700s who used drums and other percussion instruments to communicate and resist. In 1881, the British colonial authorities banned the use of drums in public after the Canboulay Riots.

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November 21, 2024 at 9:23 AM
panyol.bsky.social
Indeed.
Lest we forget #TrinidadandTobago
#Carnival #Calypso in 🇹🇹 arose out of a Resistance movement.
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audaciousevolution on Instagram: "Canboulay reminds us that Carnival was not handed down politely.It was defended, reshaped and protected when silence was demanded.J…"
Canboulay reminds us that Carnival was not handed down politely.It was defended, reshaped and protected when silence was demanded.Joy here is not accidental.It is remembered resistance.— Nadia Renata | Audacious Evolution#TrinidadAndTobagoCarnival #Carnival2026 #TrinidadAndTobago #Canboulay #CarnivalMemory #CultureAndResistance #WhisperFromTheHeart #AudaciousEvolution #TrinbagonianHeritage #NadiaRenata
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February 4, 2026 at 1:50 PM
sokah2soca.bsky.social
Soca Superman by JW x Smiddy Smith: Canboulay Riddim 2025
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Soca Superman by JW x Smiddy Smith: Canboulay Riddim 2025
We are about Soca Music, Caribbean Culture and the Vibe of the Caribbean Basin.
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December 29, 2024 at 6:01 AM
sokah2soca.bsky.social
Who Have It by Preedy x Smiddy Smith: Canboulay Riddim 2025
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Who Have It by Preedy x Smiddy Smith: Canboulay Riddim 2025
We are about Soca Music, Caribbean Culture and the Vibe of the Caribbean Basin.
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December 29, 2024 at 5:57 AM
sokah2soca.bsky.social
Islands In the Sky by Olatunji x Smiddy Smith: Canboulay Riddim 2025
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Islands In the Sky by Olatunji x Smiddy Smith: Canboulay Riddim 2025
We are about Soca Music, Caribbean Culture and the Vibe of the Caribbean Basin.
www.sokah2soca.com
December 29, 2024 at 5:55 AM
sokah2soca.bsky.social
Bless D Dance by Nessa Preppy x Smiddy Smith: Canboulay Riddim 2025
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Bless D Dance by Nessa Preppy x Smiddy Smith: Canboulay Riddim 2025
We are about Soca Music, Caribbean Culture and the Vibe of the Caribbean Basin.
www.sokah2soca.com
December 29, 2024 at 5:12 AM
sokah2soca.bsky.social
Canboulay Dancers by Super Blue x Smiddy Smith: Canboulay Riddim 2025
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Canboulay Dancers by Super Blue x Smiddy Smith: Canboulay Riddim 2025
We are about Soca Music, Caribbean Culture and the Vibe of the Caribbean Basin.
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December 29, 2024 at 5:02 AM
trinidouts.bsky.social
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SuperBlue’s soca version of history - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
Austin “SuperBlue” Lyons and Romell “Smiddy” Smith’s Canboulay Dancers aims to introduce the story of the 1881 and 1884 Canboulay Riots to new generations.
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January 15, 2025 at 3:14 PM
audaciousevolution.bsky.social
Canboulay reminds us that Carnival was not handed down politely.
It was defended, reshaped and protected when silence was demanded.
Joy here is not accidental.
It is remembered resistance.
— Nadia Renata | Audacious Evolution

#TrinidadAndTobagoCarnival #Carnival2026 #TrinidadAndTobago #Canboulay
February 3, 2026 at 3:15 PM