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Curious about what really went down at CARIFESTA XV – maturing into a regional stage of opportunities to trade culture and creativity.... here's an insider glance at the slide show - Caribbean Picong and Satire at its premium best!
Explore the Landscapes of Fiction & Heritage. Customised for group or industry c;lients' interests
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So I created this Caribbean Cook-up as a sideshow of CARIFESTA XV – maturing into a regional stage of opportunities to trade culture and creativity. In regional fusion style, the music in the background and melody is a mixed calypso-chutney cook-up blend of Kitchener’s Take Yuh Meat Out Meh Rice, Nadia Batson’s Market, and Onica Bostic’s All Is Yours and Bajan, Natalie Burke’s Weakness for Sweetness and Do Wha Yuh Want.
Of course I applied some salient ingredients as AuthenThink Intel to mesh with the new EPIC Landscapes and Mindscapes of World Heritage and History. Hope you enjoy!
CARIFESTA CookUp Celebrate-up
A Bajan, Guyanese and Trinidadian Meet up at the CARIFESTA celebrate-up
The man from Oil Dorado say, Baj, Trini, Leh We Mek a Cook-up
I bring some Rice paddy, all yuh catch some flying fish
Together man, we go make a sweet Caribbean dish
They set up the firewood and put up the pot
Suddenly Dorado man lef’ to ’fend he borders from Venez despot
‘Watch the pot dey, I go come right back, doh haggle over price
All yuh play nice doh squabble over flying fish, cou cou, Guyana oil and rice’
Pot A Bubbling A Bubbling
The pot a-bubbling, pouring some Mount Gay
Trini turn to Baj slurring, smiling, he say,
‘Son, I’s a born to the bone Trinbagonian ‘You kno,’ he slurs, ‘I doh like to fight’ When it comes to the ’ccasion To Ma Mia and you, (burp) I give ’way me IP rights But why stop at Banyan sounds and sights
Take too the steelpan, kaiso, soca copyrights
Flying fish, cou cou, oil, gas and rice All Is Yours, no need for you to think twice!
Dr Kris Rampersad on the steelpan Happy World Steelpan Day August 11 from the Home of CEIBA-Edutainment
Open House No Lock
The Bajan watch in shock, Say, “Trini, just so just so you open the lock? You mean to say all dat wealth You just sharing out like PM Modi post-Covid for good health? De flora, de fauna, biodiversity, De music, de culture, de whole treasury? Boy, Baj ent know what to say Boy, you ready to give the whole country away!”
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Baj, pausing, take a swig, he laugh out loud, He wipe he mouth with he back hand, saying “You making me so proud!
It does warm meh heart to hear you so generous my son
But since when you boil dong so like oil down
You want to c-crop-out just so just so
From we fight for Pan IP and flying fish from ’bago
Remember we have you in court
Because is a bitter battle but it must be fought
Before the UN, by the Laws of the Sea
We have dem foreigners trying settle it for we.’
Explore the Landscapes of Fiction & Heritage. Customised for group or industry c;lients’ interests
Trini say, ‘You know we love your gyul, Mama Mia for so
We have weakness for Bajan sweetness that you well know
(Together They Sing)
If you’re lookin’ for sweetness to put inside yuh creative basket Watch meh nah, I am the whole, the whole, the whole blinkin’ IP market
Bajan have sweet woman, You know what I mean eh, nice woman
We have oil, gas and plenty plenty cocoa in the sun
But you Baj, your Mia is the governor of plum plums, doh run
I have this weakness for sweetness, weakness for sweetness
You have me head feeling like ah upside down
You have meh body weak and trembling all round.
Sweet like a Julie mango and jam Stickiness running down all your hand Skin like cocoa in the sun What sweet woman
We cyar get enough
I know you want meh it, so come tek it you so want me
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So take the petrol, oil, pitch lake, and gas, They yours too, take all for free,
I will stay here till you for break fast
Cricket Lovely Cricket inLiTTscapes Landscapes of Fiction impact on creative imagiantion
Tek the chutney, take calypso,
Take the soca, parang and the kaiso
Tek the Ibis, Leatherback, Rivers, Swamps and Pitch Lake
Whatever you want all yuh you just come tek
Trini say, Guyana done take carnival cricketry from under we
We doh mind. Nah, not we.
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We flora and fauna biodiversity mean nothing to we All Is Yours! To you we open de treasury
Heck just tek de whole country!”
You foreign xchange higher, your economy stronger
And all you have is the smarts, some sea, sand and sun
We have biggest Caribbean economy, resources for prosperity
But we brain oil-clogged, pollution smoke choking we
So what is a few culture videos, between you and me.
All IS yours
Take what yuh want, take what you want for your doodoo.
I have a weakness for sweetness a weakness for sweetness
Baj laugh till he cry now, Say, “Trini, yuh sure ‘bout dat? But how? You giving away the whole estate just so flat flat! From Point Fortin straight up to Toco, Even the pitch lake and Scarborough? Boy, unity sweet, now doh play de fool Baj now have full control ah yuh school!”
Trini laugh, I is to the bone born Trinbagonian We don’t like to fight Marn, when come to the occasion We give up all IP and copyrights Oil, gas, cocoa, the pepper that hot like scorpion We kick them out with the colonial railroad, shackling we freedom, De whole island paradise All is yours Baj, Tame me too, de one pot nice!
Baj, happy like pappy say,
We is born Caribbean
We doh have to fight
Man, when it comes to these ’ccasions We going share all de rights Look bring de tassa drumming Add spicy chutney tunes to flying fish slice De pan and parang already part are we one Caribbean spice We happy to take it all, no need to ask me twice!
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Trini and Baj – as Sparrow say is both ah dem – living the Caribbean dream Sitting there sipping Mount Gay, plates bubbling-a bubbling steam
No quarrel, no fuss, no strife Just friendship seasoning up we neighbourly life
Trini, swig back some Mount Gay,
Swiping hand to mouth he say
We credit card have no buying power
Your currency to ours, and the US dollars, much stronger
If you could do that with only sea sand and sun
Baj ah telling yuh tek what you need and let sovereignty in the sea drown
Baj you have free travel scheme and work at you own speed, Is love and unity across the seas we heed From Bimshire Bridgetown ’cross to Port of Spain We is One Caribbean heart beating the same refrain.”
Baj pat he back, grinning
Shaking him from dozing, he continue slurring
Baj say, I’s a born Baba’jan Marn, You kno we doh like to fight When it comes to such like these ’ccasions Man, you know we Baj cud dish it out all night You put in yuh kaiso sweet tones I borrow some Grenadian spice Like Sun Sea Sand, Pan Doubles Chutney
’tween friends ent have no price
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The two are them start singing at the top of the voice
They sure was goin to bring down CARIFESTA XV house
We have a weakness for sweetness
Ah Weakness for sweetness
Take all – Baj Ah weak with this sweetness
Oh lawd tek de whole petro pot with the cook up rice
This ting just, nice it so nice!
Is one big Caribbean medley, we Caribbean family
This is what Federation woudda cudda shoudda mek we
MultiMedia Specialist Dr Kris Rampersad address 25th anniversary of Caribbean Telecommunications Union
By this time all CARIFESTA visitors hear them,
They join in, singing,
We is born Caribbean
We doh have to fight
Man, when it come to the ’ccasion We going share all de rights Look bring de tassa drumming Petro, Gas, spicy chutney and dat flying fish slice De pan, doubles parang they are indeed so nice All is one for we, no need to ask me twice!
All Is ours, We have a weakness for Sweetness
All is ours
If you’re lookin’ for sweetness to put inside yuh creative basket Watch we nah, we are the whole, the whole, the whole blinkin’ market
We in the Caribbean have sweet woman,
You know what I mean eh, nice woman
We have oil, gas and plenty plenty cocoa in the sun
We culture creatives is the governor of plum plums, doh run
Bob Marley’s Reggae Music Road To UNESCO Intangible Heritage
We have this weakness for sweetness, weakness for sweetness
Come nah, you go love how you head go feel like you upside down
We goin have yuh body weak and trembling all round.
Sweet like a Julie mango and jam Stickiness running down all your hand Skin like cocoa in the sun What sweet woman and man
We cyar get enough
So take the petrol, oil, pitch lake, and gas, They yours too, take all for free,
Heritage Educator and Facilitator Dr Kris Rampersad featured in UNESCO World Heritage Calendar Heritage Sites of the Caribbean
Tek the chutney, take calypso,
Take the soca, parang and the kaiso
Tek the Ibis, Caroni Swamp and pitch lake
Whatever you want, you just come tek
Guyana done take carnival cricketry from under we
We doh mind. Nah, not we.
We flora and fauna biodiversity mean nothing to we All Is Yours! To you we open de treasury
Heck just tek de whole country!”
You foreign xchange higher, your economy stronger
And all you have is the smarts, some sea, sand and sun
We have biggest Caribbean economy, resources for prosperity
EPIC Landsapes & Minscapes of Heritage & History from Creator of MultiMedia MicroEpic logo white
But we brain oil-clogged, pollution smoke choking we
So what is a few culture videos, between you and me.
All IS yours
Take what yuh want, take what you want for your doodoo.
We have a weakness for sweetness a weakness for sweetness
All is yours!!!!
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Dr Kris Rampersad is confronting the perils of Artificial Intelligence with AuthenThink Intel & AI AnalyEthics & CEIBA-EDUtainment. She has more than 20 years’ experience as a Latin American & Caribbean-based global thought-leader, multilateral relations & knowledge sector strategist with expert knowledge of emerging issues from the media-new media & Information Technology environment, including AI & Data Science & close knowledge of the Global South & SIDS issues.
She brings core experience of actively culling successful innovative global gender & culture sensitive initiatives, negotiating, analysing, critiquing & troubleshooting global developmental hiccups, building successful education & public awareness engagement strategies & programmes, developing creative & strategic information & outreach materials in technical to creative multimedia forms. Her insights and experience are applied to identifying gaps and silos from concept through planning, programme development and multi-stakeholder engagement to drive successful implementation across sectors, connecting the needs of local communities to institutional, national and global policy goals and targets.
Dr Rampersad has led global think tank processes for developing global to local policies, matching budgets to programmes, developed progress reports for economic diversification and transformation of public sectors and for motivation of private and NGO sectors for interagency partnerships.
She has also made input into acquisition and application of grant funding for targeted developmental goals and conducting budget planning, technical reviews, analyses and assessments at global to local levels. She has further successfully led intersectoral engagement across social to industrial sectors as petroleum and clean energy, trade, tourism, agriculture, culture and education among others for international, intraregional, national and local public, private, NGO and intergovernmental arenas of agencies of the United Nations, European Union, Commonwealth, Organisation of American States, Caribbean Economic Community/CARIFORM along with international to local academic, media and NGO networks.
An award-winning journalist, she invented the world’s newest creative genre, MultiMedia MicroEpic
She served as former Vice President of the Commonwealth Journalists’ Association, President of UNESCO Education Commission, VP, UNESCO Programme & External Relations Commission, VP Consultative Body of UNESCO InterGovernmental Committee on ICH
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