How Long to Read An Understanding of the Trinidad Carnival: ...a Melange of Borrowed Cultural Elements

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It takes the average reader 2 hours and 49 minutes to read An Understanding of the Trinidad Carnival: ...a Melange of Borrowed Cultural Elements by Johnny Coomansingh

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The Trinidad Carnival is world-renowned. In light of this, the research for this book focuses on the borrowed cultural elements that give to the celebration its uniqueness. Because of its distinctiveness, the Trinidad Carnival has been the most copied, the most imitated, and the most photographed carnival in the world and confirms that the carnival is indeed a unique pre-Lenten celebration. Brazil may boast larger attendances for their Rio Carnival, but Trinidad is the true spiritual home of any pre-Lenten carnival; it has hosted the Carnival for a far longer time, and in a far more expressive form. The ribald carnival became the prime occasion for the proletariat to portray their satire, demonstrative of rebellion against the bourgeoisie giving way to the jamet or lower-class carnival, which grew to what it is today. Everything that came to Trinidad with respect to the carnival came from various sources throughout the world. The cultural elements that came to the shores of Trinidad were borrowed and then modified; these elements formed a mélange by the descendants of predominantly enslaved Africans, French Creoles, Mulattos and indentured servants who originally came to Trinidad. The narrative is about the socio-economic and political struggles of one group of people who were brought, about other groups who came, and those of the ruling class who, without even thinking, threw them together to forge a nation. Despite this constant underlying struggle, Trinidad Carnival radiates with powerful creativity, and exudes the splendor and pageantry of a people who continue to achieve and aspire to the higher reaches of freedom from oppression. To many people, it would seem that Carnival is Trinidad, and Trinidad is Carnival. Dr. Hollis Liverpool (The Mighty Chalkdust) declared: "Carnival is a concatenation of things-it is movement, it is color, it is food, it is drink, it is fete, it is feast, it is ritual, it is celebration...it is foreign exchange; it is a harbinger

How long is An Understanding of the Trinidad Carnival: ...a Melange of Borrowed Cultural Elements?

An Understanding of the Trinidad Carnival: ...a Melange of Borrowed Cultural Elements by Johnny Coomansingh is 166 pages long, and a total of 42,496 words.

This makes it 56% the length of the average book. It also has 52% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read An Understanding of the Trinidad Carnival: ...a Melange of Borrowed Cultural Elements Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 52 minutes to read An Understanding of the Trinidad Carnival: ...a Melange of Borrowed Cultural Elements aloud.

What Reading Level is An Understanding of the Trinidad Carnival: ...a Melange of Borrowed Cultural Elements?

An Understanding of the Trinidad Carnival: ...a Melange of Borrowed Cultural Elements is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

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