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oh yea, me labor day weekend 🇹🇹 next year I’ll be playing Mass again SB: went jouvert clean, came back home clean 🙄 wtf New York

Happy Labor Day!!!! The Labor Day parade in Brooklyn was in full effect!!!! #labordayweekend #laborday2018 #westindianparade #easternparkway #brooklyn #crownheights #blackexcellence (at Eastern Parkway) https://www.instagram.com/p/BnSQt9RBTFQ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=12dc6y6bwjaxs

You!! Start of your labor day weekend with Me!!! 👑👑 This Friday come down to the Flatbush Public Library between 2:30-5p where I will be exhibiting my artwork 🖌and doing a special presentation on "Waistline Meets History." 💃📚 I hope you've been enjoying #waistlineburningbootcamp, this is the cherry on top! Come check it out, would love to see you there!! Light refreshments served! #waistlineburningbootcamp #thingstodoforlaborday #acrylicpainting #labordaycountdown #westindianparade #caribbeanculture #brooklynart #allthingsshilo #livinginshilo #peaceandhighlearning #knowledge #artisticexpression #embracemybeauty #shilorian #stonybrookuniversity #culturalactivist #fallinlove #EternalMOOD #ATS #motivationalspeaker #lioness #spiritualawakening #socialchange #activism #artistry #linkinbio (at Flatbush Library) https://www.instagram.com/p/BnEWHTzjpWD/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1f2obm2rm9bz8

▫️◻5 Days till Labor Day!!◻▫️ Playing🔊🎶🎶 : Addicted by Marq Pierre Camper💃🕺 : Creator| Writer @Shilorian, Creator | Dancer Camper AJ Location🏙:Atlantic Mall (Brooklyn) 🎭🎭History of Mas🎭🎭 : In the late 1830s the celebrations of what would later become Mas (as we have discussed) were exclusively celebrated by white elites in particularly Trinidad where the history begins. The visual aesthetics of these festivals were characterized by lavishly designed dresses and extravagant displays of wealth. In one instance an elite is reported to have had such a lavish gown designed with live fireflies in small pockets which outdid all the other persons present and essentially stopped the "fete." Such displays of Grandeur would later be transformed and adopted with mas costumes created by freed slaves. However post emancipation, the festival transformed with the African/Trinidadian presence. European spectators became increasingly nervous and critical of the new display of the festival. In an issue of the Port of Spain Gazette during the 1850s condescending rhetoric is used as an elite refers to J'ouvert as orgies and participants as "semi-savages from God knows where." In addition description by elites concluded that these freed slaves "exhibit[ed] hellish scenes and the most demonical representation of slavery." With these "hellish scenes" most likely referring to Jab Molassie and other forms of the Jab, both participants ( freed slaves) and newly spectators ( Europeans) began to memoralize distinct realities of the festival. To onlookers the untamed expression during carnival was an abomination, to masqueraders characters of mas were developed and molded as satirical reflections of the people and the issues in society.... SWIPE ! Reference: Phillip W. Scher , Western Folklore #waistlineburningbootcamp #labordaycountdown #westindianparade #caribbeanculture #brooklynart #allthingsshilo #livinginshilo #peaceandhighlearning #knowledge #artisticexpression #embracemybeauty #shilorian #stonybrookuniversity #culturalactivist #fallinlove #EternalMOOD #ATS #motivationalspeaker #lioness #spiritualawakening #socialchange #activism #artistry #linkinbio #thingstodoforlaborday (at Atlantic Mall) https://www.instagram.com/p/BnETrFpjHh1/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=il8il1hnvx0i

▫️◻6 Days till Labor Day!!◻▫️ Playing🔊🎶🎶: Under Water( uncensored ) by WORLD BOSS Vybz Kartel Camper💃 : Creator | Writer @shilorian Location🏠 : Home 🎭🎭 History of Mas🎭🎭 : Jab is taken from the French word Diable which translated means Devil/ Satan. Molassie is also French for Mèlasse other wise Molasses. The Jab Molassie is one of several varieties of devil mas played in Trinidad and Tobago and throughout the Caribbean (most popularly in Grenada). Certain Jab Molassie will adapt variation of other devil mas including "the beast" which incorporates the use of shackles, chains and other metal restraints to "hold back" other "devils" . These restraints are closely tied to slavery as metal chains were used on slaves. This is also the essence of Grenada Jab Jab tradition. In addition Haiti is home to masqueraders known as the Lanse Kod who also paint themselves in grease, oil etc. To resemble African Slaces commemorating the fight of slaves, and freedom in 1804. JAB JAB is representative of the evils of slavery.... Swipe : 1st photo Jab Molassie, 2nd photo Lanse Kod Reference :Traditional Mas Archive N.B : many persons have argued the use of dancehall music in Mas and that perspective is embraced! However as a vybz Kartel fan I could not do a winning bootcamp and not move to the #Kingofdancehall #waistlineburningbootcamp #labordaycountdown #westindianparade #caribbeanculture #brooklynart #allthingsshilo #livinginshilo #peaceandhighlearning #knowledge #artisticexpression #embracemybeauty #shilorian #stonybrookuniversity #culturalactivist #fallinlove #EternalMOOD #ATS #motivationalspeaker #lioness #spiritualawakening #socialchange #activism #artistry #linkinbio #haitianculture #grenadiancukture #jabjab #jabmolassie #revolution (at Eastern Parkway) https://www.instagram.com/p/BnC5WOBjJ_z/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=xbcqj2ue1hen

▫️◻ 8 Days till Labor Day!!◻▫️ Playing 🔊🎶🎶: Biding by Jardel ft Tmob Camper 💃: Creator| Writer @shilorian & Camper Maria Location🌄 : Lincoln Terrace Park (Easternparkway) 🌹🌹La Rose Edition🌹🌹 : The La Rose festival is one of the two flower festivals native to St.Lucia. La Rose is celebrated on August 31st with Grand Fetes held on the closest Sunday to the actual date! Last week the Brooklyn La Rose Group celebrated the feast and as you can see this celebration is nothing less of grandeur! VIVE LA ROSE🌹 🇱🇨 This Friday !! 8 more days till labor day!!!!! #vivelarose #laroseedition #waistlineburningbootcamp #labordaycountdown #westindianparade #caribbeanculture #brooklynart #allthingsshilo #livinginshilo #peaceandhighlearning #knowledge #artisticexpression #embracemybeauty #shilorian #stonybrookuniversity #culturalactivist #fallinlove #EternalMOOD #ATS #motivationalspeaker #lioness #spiritualawakening #socialchange #activism #artistry #linkinbio (at Saint Lucia House Foundation)

▫️◻ 8 Days till Labor Day!!◻▫️ Playing 🔊🎶🎶: Biding by Jardel ft Tmob Camper 💃: Creator| Writer @shilorian & Camper Maria Location🌄 : Lincoln Terrace Park (Easternparkway) 🌹🌹La Rose Edition🌹🌹 : The La Rose festival is one of the two flower festivals native to St.Lucia. La Rose is celebrated on August 31st with Grand Fetes held on the closest Sunday to the actual date! Last week the Brooklyn La Rose Group celebrated the feast and as you can see this celebration is nothing less of grandeur! VIVE LA ROSE🌹 🇱🇨 This Friday !! 8 more days till labor day!!!!! #vivelarose #laroseedition #waistlineburningbootcamp #labordaycountdown #westindianparade #caribbeanculture #brooklynart #allthingsshilo #livinginshilo #peaceandhighlearning #knowledge #artisticexpression #embracemybeauty #shilorian #stonybrookuniversity #culturalactivist #fallinlove #EternalMOOD #ATS #motivationalspeaker #lioness #spiritualawakening #socialchange #activism #artistry #linkinbio (at Saint Lucia House Foundation)