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Attillah Springer | The True Origins of Carnival | Canboulay Ritual & Ancestral Resistance
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This episode is our salute to Attillah Springer, Pearl Eintou Springer, and the entire team behind the Canboulay Ritual Enactment — honouring their work in preserving the spiritual and historical foundation of Trinidad & Tobago’s Carnival.
In this powerful conversation, we explore the true origins of Carnival through the lens of Canboulay — resistance, ancestral memory, African spiritual continuities, and the communities of East Port of Spain who have carried this legacy forward.
Attillah unpacks:
The history behind the Canboulay riots
Why ritual enactment matters
The…
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