Notting Hill 2022 Carnival
Under lockdown and social distancing for two full years Double Jabs and boosters celebrating newfound freedom Soca rises from its ashes and rattles the gentrified Nothing Hill The purpose of masquerade was to celebrate the slave’s emancipation Naked, smeared in molasses with horns and chains Simulating the Jab (The Devil in Creole) in a stern […]
The age of all wokeness reaches Carnival Reverse twerk is the new trend But the origins remain steadfast To be or not to be is still the question Always the Devil will recognize his brethren Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2022 Carnival Gallery
Carnival and its older brother the masquerade Is the venue where all come to meet their master “The Jab” as known in the ancient language of the isles And where the devil goes the angels sure will follow Hordes of sinners are the soul-catcher’s dream Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2022 Carnival Gallery
Saturday night Pre-Carnival Wanderers There is no limit to the off-limits The imagination also wanders and wonders There is many a tight place where it may get lost We shall leave no boulder unturned Such is the pre and post-Carnival motto Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2022 Carnival Gallery
Haphazard encounter with Circumstantial Sisters of Carnival The allegory of Manichaeism and destruction thereof Young beauties profess smiles and inverted smiles The mystery is all yours… Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2022 Carnival Gallery
Come closer my lovely little hummingbird Whispered the carnivorous plant in a sweet promise But the humming was drowned in the drumming And the smiling young beauty fluttered away Leaving the hungry plant rooted to the alley Still longing for a more gullible fowl Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2022 Carnival Gallery
Right in the middle of Chepstow Road and more Photo dive-bombing is a dangerous exercise Faint hearted please abstain Even if they promised to handle with care… Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2022 Carnival Gallery
In a Voodoo military style from Haiti Elegant yet martial master of ceremonies The boots are the (green) cherry on the cake We will get the obituary we deserve… Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2022 Carnival Gallery
Emerging from the waves of a crowd as wide as the ocean Antinea, the queen of a long lost Atlantis Shall exercise her right of life and death On her subjects and strangers alike As long as the music plays Until the deck chairs slip into the sea Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2022 […]
Chepstow Dancing Belles in some skimpy outfit Who would complain the police are up to the eyes We take another swig from this bottle of rum To keep our heart in tune with the beat The Amontillado cask can wait… Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2022 Carnival Gallery