I hear you. I have to point out though that the video is about UWI carnival only and that behavior stays there. Trust me, as a veteran of carnival in general, that Jamaica carnival is much more like Trinidad carnival with ‘wining’, real costumes and plenty of vibes (it’s a blast!!). It may be hard to convince you with this comment alone but don’t worry, we will have extensive video coverage of Jamaica carnival to prove our point!
There is nothing quite like “Doing the Double”!

I see daggering, sure. Winin’? Not so much. When it comes to being on de road, soca, winin’, mas are fundamental. I see little of that in the UWI Mona “Carnival” video. Not sure why that is.

I don’t judge and I don’t honestly care. All I see is reason to continue going to Trinidad and not diverge to Jamaica. I see no fundamental problem with this; I’ve seen all kinds of badness in my time. However, to call it Carnival seems…misleading?

As for the bucket crew, sounds like we have some Swappi fans!

thanks for the comment. It’s always good to get different perspectives on stuff. After all, it’s part of why we blog 🙂

Well, while it might not be clear in this particular post, I’m a pretty BIG fan of Carnival, and soca music! In fact so much so that I did Trinidad carnival again this year and will be doing Jamaica Carnival again this year and who knows what else after, in addition to having my very own soca party. So, trust me, I have NO ill feelings towards carnival at all.

Ironically I don’t think my view on the UWI Carnival was that bad. I even went as far as to say in the video that I had fun for the day. Unlike MANY others (and I’m sure if you’ve been checking the comments for some of the photos on facbeook you’ve seen them) I chose not to focus on the ‘indecent behaviour’ as you put it, and rather on the other aspects of the day, like the music, the costumes and the ‘bucket crew’ in my post.

On the video being biased. I’m not sure how why you would think so. I TRIED to show footage from the whole day, featuring all aspects of the carnival. I was actually there for almost 5 hours, and I can pretty much assure you that what you saw in the video is as unbiased a view of the carnival as one could fit in a 4 minute video. I tried to cover the costumes, people dancing (which is the part I think you’re talking about) the excitement and fun of the water truck, the drinks, and so on. So I HONESTLY don’t see how you could think the video was ‘biased’. I’m definitely curious to hear why you think so (or anyone else might think so).

🙂

What I do however believe in is the freedom of expression and privacy. Yes, they were dancing in the open but that gave you NO permission to record there act nor help to further popagate their actions during the event on the web.

By the way, this video is VERY bias.I peeped from a window on Saturday and at one point even when outside to take a closer look. The view of this video does not capture the event in its entirety and is just highlighting the worst case scenarios.

Remember this post is by thinkAkil not ManLi. ManLi didn’t ask that question in his post because I KNOW my daughter will be handcuffed in 16 years for Uwi carnival:). I think the costumes were just made to look like bliss.:)