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| | Trinidad Carnival |
 | | While the African influence is predominant, the Carnival carries an overriding theme of unity, a central part of this unique culture's mythology. |
 | | This is pretty mas’ and it rules the streets as tens of thousands of Trinis, many who return annually just for the Carnival, strut their embellished bikinis with elaborate glue and stapled together shiny armor and ornaments. |
 | | Dylan Kerrigan looks back to Carnival’s roots in the 18th and 19th centuries and the traditional characters which dominated the festival’s early history.Stories of how the sailor, the devil, the bat, the midnight robber, the wild Indian, the Dame Lorraine, and others came to be |
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