Inspiration, Tracy Assing @ ARC
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On the set of 'The Amerindians'
Photos of the interior of the Santa Rosa RC Church, Arima, which has historic ties to Trinidad's indigenous population the Amerindians, and newspaper clippings about the gradual vanishing of the Carib people. Courtesy Tracy Assing. TRACY on Facebook says: "T he tricky thing about this work is it develops as I work on it. Because it is such a big part of my life and the history of the santa rosa carib community is so tied to the history of my own family there have been some great personal challenges. I'd like to think that I have developed along with it. All my experiences along the way: djaying while wearing my head-dress, performing a smoke ceremony with the assistance of Tillah Willah opposite Whitehall and other adventures. I don't feel like the story is important to just me or my family or the community of Arima. I feel it is important to the way people view the word indigenous. If I single myself out as indigenous people sometimes make a fuss and say, but we ...