Santa Rosa Carib Community of Arima, Trinidad and Tobago

An introduction to the Santa Rosa Carib Community of Trinidad and Tobago, based on both ethnographic and historical research. The contents of the video are organized according to the following sections:

1. The Mission
2. The So-called "Extinction"
3. The Traditions
3-A. The Santa Rosa Festival
3-B. Work duties for the Santa Rosa Festival
3-C. The Smoke Ceremony
4. The Resurgence
4-A. Chief Ricardo Bharath Hernandez
4-B. Shaman Cristo Adonis
4-C. Carib Queen Justa Werges
4-D. International Indigenous Connections
5. The Question of Recognition

This is meant to serve as a condensed overview of four full-length video documentaries to come.

In the meantime, please visit:

http://indigenousreview.blogspot.com

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Carib
• Arima
• Trinidad and Tobago
• Indigenous
• Indigenous Peoples
• First Nations
• Caribbean
• anthropology
• ethnography
• history
• colonialism
• Catholic Church
• Santa Rosa
• visual anthropology
• documentary

[diasporavisuals]

I am moved by your dedication to preserving Carib history and culture. I have seen your other work all over the internet and it has really helped me put the pieces together.

[maximilianforte]

@diasporavisuals Thanks very much. I had hoped to produce more videos in the near future, but a series of really serious technical mishaps is going to hamper production (yet again). Very best wishes and thanks again.

[vybz099]

Perfectamente! Great job.

[maximilianforte]

@vybz099 Thanks very much!

[maximilianforte]

@jxhensley LOL!

[jxhensley]

@DAdonis314 it would be very strange if they had someone else's!

[DAdonis314]

Sophia and Sheerene still got the same face. lol