Divali festival souvenir magazine 2004
Trinidad and Tobago, Caribbean
Theme - Caribbean Indian Fashion
The Indo-Caribbean Cultural Council (ICC) wishes to announce the publication of its latest souvenir magazine - Divali 2004, Trinidad and Tobago. The theme of this edition of its annual magazine is "Caribbean Indian Fashion."
Divali is the second largest open-air national festival after Carnival in multi-ethnic Trinidad and Tobago. The Hindu Festival of Lights is marked by the lighting of thousands of deyas [clay lamps] on decorative designs of split bamboo tubes. The lights twinkle in the shadows of free public performances by actors, models, drummers, dancers, musicians and singers. During the days and nights preceding Divali, non-Hindus and non-Indians actively join in the celebration by lighting deyas, wearing saris, and partaking in eating traditional Indian foods and sweets.
This magazine carries articles on, and photographs of, local designs of clothes, jewellery and accessories that have become an undiluted and unbroken tradition from India to the Caribbean for over 150 years. As a matter of fact, while other influences have made inroads into language, food, music and dance, fashion remains one cultural expression which consumers insist must be authentic in style, and direct from India. But there are scores of local artistes who merge East and West, tradition and modern, and India and the Caribbean in fabrics that catch the imagination.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Caribbean Indian Fashion
[Editorial]
Greetings from the Prime Minister
By the Honourable Patrick Manning
Greetings from the Minister of Community Development, Culture and Gender Affairs
By the Honourable Joan Yuille-Williams
Greetings from his the High Commissioner of India
By Excellency Virendra Gupta
The history of Indian fashion design in Trinidad
By Dr. Harry Ramnath
Fashion and symbolism of Mother Lakshmi:
The most beautiful deity in the Hindu female pantheon
Divali 3,000 years ago in ancient India
By William Buck
Indian jewellery in Jamaica
By Gopaul Thakur and Laxmi Mansingh
The kurta shirt and suit:
For a comfortable, trendy, casual look
Seer bindi:
The forehead chain and pendant
Jewellery from India to Trinidad - and back
By Dr Donald Wood
The village goldsmith in St. James in 1880
By Lafcadio Hearn
Visual representations of Indian women
By Dr. Judith Johnson
Miss India Heritage Trinidad Beauty Pageant:
Proud to be part of this culture
Miss Indian Arrival World Beauty Pageant:
Preparing for the World Beauty Pageant in 2005
The light of Divali in Caroni
By Ken Kalloo
Retailoring tradition: the new-look kurta
By Rajiv Malik
Indian designers woo French elite
By the Agence France Press
Kaajar [eyeliner]:
For a mysterious seductive look
The saree/ sari:
It conveys grace to poise
The Miss Fem India Trinidad and Tobago Pageant:
A treat of glamour and glitter at a gala event
Movie Towne with its catch of colorful neon lights:
Experience the excitement of Hollywood and Bollywood
Shringaar:
A cultural evening of food and fashion
Bindi:
The forehead dot that blends with clothes, colour and jewellery
The Nirvahna Weight Management Clinic
By Dr. Dev Ramoutar
Indian fashion in the movie Troy
By Kanika Gahlautt
The orhani/ orhini:
The traditional head scarf
Mehendi:
A temporary tattoo
Lungi:
The fashionable man's skirt or kilt
Garments during the 1870s
By Charles Kingsley
The scanty navel-baring look is fading out:
Designers predict more fabric and less skin is coming
The pandit's robe in 1880
By J.H. Collen
Vegetarianism grows in popularity:
The scare of Asian Flue and Mad Cow Disease
Garara:
The gorgeous bodice and skirt
Bridal bindis:
A pattern of coloured dots on the body
Tikka:
The sacred forehead dot
Americans should adopt Hindu values
By Chris Satullo
Religion and residence in Trinidad
By Kuniko Chijiwa
Religious Affiliation by Ethnicity and Place of Residence
Census 1990 and DHS Data
India makes fashion statement in the world
By R.L. Saggar
Canada's multicultural model:
respecting differences in culture
November 2004.
11 x 8 ½ inches. Glossy pages and cover
ISSN 1683-4143
80 pages with advertisements and articles
Available through mail service ONLY
TT$30 (includes handling and local postage),
US$12 (includes handling and foreign postage).
Make check or money order payable to Indo-Caribbean Cultural Council.
Postal address:
Indo-Caribbean Cultural Council (ICC)
Swami Avenue, Don Miguel Road
San Juan, Trinidad and Tobago
West Indies
Tel: (868) 674-6008. Tel/fax: (868) 675-7707
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Of related interest is the website on books on (East) Indians/South Asians in the Caribbean. http://www.geocities.com/chakrapub/index.html
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