Crossing Over Trinidad. Part 1, Ma Ada Daisy Parang 1

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In this episode of Crossing Over shows Ko Nimo visiting Lancelot Layne in Trinidad to experience the music of Trinidad and particularly the Calypso. He meets the legendary Lord Kitchener, Grand mas...

In this episode of Crossing Over shows Ko Nimo visiting Lancelot Layne in Trinidad to experience the music of Trinidad and particularly the Calypso. He meets the legendary Lord Kitchener, Grand master of the Calypso, is welcomed by practitioners of the ancient West African Orisha religion, plays with the world's greatest steelpan player and explores the influence of East Indian music on modern Trinidadian music. This episode shows a performance from parang singer and composer Daisy Voisin. In a unique South-South co-production, Crossing Over begins to bridge a gap of history between Africa and the Caribbean which has never before been explored by television. It was awarded Best Documentary in the National Media Awards for Excellence in Trinidad in 1989 and Best Documentary and Best Environmental Documentary at Images Caraibes, Second Caribbean Film Festival in Martinique in 1990. It has been selected for showing at numerous film festivals including the INPUT festival in Stockholm in 1989, the Tam Tam festival in Rome 1989, the Rienna Festival in Paris 1992. Ghanaian Highlife guitarist Ko Nimo visits Ma Ada on the Moruga Road and they sit down to eat. Ma Ada describes the meal and serves Ko Nimo. Keywords: Papa Neeza, moruga, orisha, obeah.

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