Blue Devil Mas - Trinidad - a photo on Flickriver

            The Blue Devils are among the most vibrant and energetic traditional characters in the Carnival of Trinidad, one of the largest in the Americas. Akin to “jab molassi” (or “molasses devils”) and sometimes identified simply as “jabs,” blue devils paint their clothes and skin blue, often by using 'azulillo', an ordinary bluing laundry tablet. It is difficult to date the origin of the blue devils accurately, but they can be traced back at least to the period before World War I, and some claim much earlier. Blue devil “bands,” as the groups are known, appear throughout Trinidad, in places like Point Fortin and Arima. But they are often associated with the mountain district of Paramin, about a half hour from Port of Spain, the capital of Trinidad.

Though in the 1930s Paramin Blue Devils are reported to have used instruments carved from bamboo, known as tamboo bamboo, for their percussive accompaniment, they now ordinarily move to rhythms established by beating biscuit tins, which have sometimes been given a higher pitch by tempering them with fire. According to Ashton Fournillier, a Paramin King Devil, you identify the Blue Devil by the colored paint, generally blue; the pitchfork; and the “blood guts” on the tongue.

Taken in: Trinidad and Tobago / Puerto España / Port of Spain (show map)

Taken on: March 3, 2014

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Camera: Nikon D90, f/4.2, 1/50 sec, 32mm (=48mm), ISO 320 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D90
Lens:	18.0-105.0 mm f/3.5-5.6
Aperture:	f/4.2
Exposure Time:	0.02 sec (1/50)
Focal Length:	32mm (35mm equivalent: 48mm)
ISO:	320
Exposure Bias:	-1 EV
Flash:	On, Return detected
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Scene Capture Type:	Landscape
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.7 (Windows)
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