Plantation Fair at the Crop Over festival. An enthusiastic audience looks on as the masked Donkey Man and masked Mother Sally dance to the music of the Bum Drum band.
Category. Performing ArtsVolume. 8Year. 2019
Title. Losing our Masks: Traditional Masquerade and Changing Constructs of Barbadian Identity

Losing our Masks: Traditional Masquerade and Changing Constructs of Barbadian Identity

Courtesy of the Barbados Government Information Service
1970s

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