Bermuda Gombey Documentary - "Behind The Mask" Official Trailer (2008)

[kwade1957]

I remember hearing the Gombeys for the first time in 1964 as a child of 7, while visiting my grandparents in Bermuda. They were moving slowly down King Street in Hamilton, right in front of my grandparent's home. My grandmother told me, "That's the Gombeys", then gave me permission to go into the front yard to see them. The colors, dancing and drums were fascinating, and I followed them a short distance down the street until fear of punishment returned me to the yard I'd been told to stay in.