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In the purest Masquerade tradition Two fit guys properly daubed in molasses Wearing the ‘Jab’ horns, parading their abs So we know now which side the devil is on And so do all the girls around… Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2019 Carnival Gallery
The trending Asterix or Viking helmets to impersonate the Jab The history of masquerade is about the representation of Satan Jab is a creole phonetic version of the French ‘Diable’ (Devil) As opposed to Christian religion at the centre of carnivals Masquerades were celebration of emancipated slaves Disguised with horns, chains and molasses like devils […]
Horned young beauty trending on Chepstow Toting the Jab outfit as the Mas traditional uniform The molasses and the devil’s horns, but no nudes and no chains Beyond the fantasy it was revolutionary as they went naked back then We pay the toll for the distilled comfort of our times An now and then life […]
Every year the Notting Hill Carnival brings together over a million people They come from the world over although the majority is Afro-Caribbean A celebration of masquerade as it was performed by emancipated slaves Slaves were not allowed to participate in masquerades and Carnival It was the initiation to freedom and a warning to the […]
It starts as a trickle, a two man army walking down the street Then comes the flow of the devil’s (Jab) legions, blacker than black Daubed in molasses and wearing horns and chains according to tradition It was not a devilish cult, but a warning to the former masters of emancipated slaves Photo Hugh Ardoin […]
A young black beauty strutting on Portobello, touting her best profile A delicately sculpted living cameo with braids like scorpion’s tails We are all mere mortals, but some are more than others Some are just closer to succumb to the succubi here below Dark bodies dancing with the flames in a hottest last masquerade Hear […]
Done away the horns, chains and molasses of the past masquerades Meet the cyberpunk cosplay S&M ladies in leather nails and latex outfits New trends take over the sidelines the iconoclastic icons of tomorrow The virtual reality and the violent video games foretell the next revolutions The voodoo tradition is temporarily eclipsed by the virtual […]