Convois 2017 - Caribbean Yard Campus

Convois 2017: Opening Performance “We Breaking Biche!”

Poster for "We Breakin' Biche," a Caribbean-themed benefit event on 19 March 2017 at 91 Tunapuna Road, Tunapuna, featuring fun, food, and fables.

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Description We start off the Convois 2017 week with the benefit event “We Breakin’ Biche“: A Caribbean Adventure produced by Rawle Gibbons! For your contribution of five hundred dollars ($500TTD) come and enjoy live cultural performances, food and lots of fun in our own yard. To reserve tickets, call us at (868) 663-5463 or email […]

Convois 2017: Arts of Identity

Event flyer for "Caribbean Conversations: Mas: Arts of Identity," featuring a detailed schedule of talks, workshops, lunch break, panel discussions, and closing remarks, held at Caribbean Yard Campus.

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Description Convois 2017 is a multi-location event held in association with community partners from both Trinidad and Tobago. It is a week-long exploration of Caribbean knowledge and indigenising education for Caribbean development. Day Rate $150TTD (US$25) per person $200TTD (US$30) per person (with transport) Click here to register [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]The Convois will feature expert practitioners, interactive […]

Convois 2017: Food & Agriculture

Schedule for a Food and Agriculture event on 21 March at Agronomics Institute, featuring registration, tours, interactive sessions, demonstrations, and a market.

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Description Convois 2017 is a multi-location event held in association with community partners from both Trinidad and Tobago. It is a week-long exploration of Caribbean knowledge and indigenising education for Caribbean development. $150TTD (US$25) per person $200TTD (US$30) per person (with transport) Click here to register [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]The Convois will feature expert practitioners, interactive demonstrations, heritage […]

Convois 2017: Ecology

Timetable for an ecology event on 22 March featuring talks, exhibitions, demonstrations on traditional and environmental topics, guided woodland tours, and live music.

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Description The Ecology Day shares the knowledge and worldview of our First Peoples in relation to the natural environment, which provides resources of food, shelter, clothing, medicine, art and livelihood to mankind. The use of the Cleaver Woods Recreational Park as the chosen venue will immerse participants in a natural forest setting. The Day […]

Convois 2017: Caribbean Languages

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Description We will explore the languages which have been available to Caribbean societies through time. The primary foci will be placed on personal experiences of the languages as the levels and individual and group consciousness of the languages and how each marks the experiences and world view. The day will commence with an introductory […]

Convois 2017: Rites of Passage

Event timetable for "Rites of Passage" on Saturday, 25th March at Renegades Panyard, detailing sessions on identity, naming rites, adolescence, and a steelband performance.

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Description Let us explore the issues of identity and transformation, in a celebrated the place of the pan, an instrument of spirit and transformation at so many levels. In the morning, we adventure into the rituals of preparation that welcome the new arrival from the spirit world to flesh across belief systems. In this journey, […]