Jab Molassie
The Jab Molassie is one of several varieties of devil mas played in Trinidad and Tobago Carnival.
Jab is the French patois for 'Diable' (Devil), and Molassie is the French patois for Mélasse (Molasses). The costume consists of short pants or pants cut off at the knee, a mask and horns.
Lefferts Garden, Brooklyn.
Please take a look at my Photo Essay including this photo by clicking below ↓
In the Black & White Portraits photo essay.
5 responses
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Zohar Lindenbaum gave props (8 Sep 2009):
Very nice, Dwayne! Thanks for the info too!
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Markus Weber said (9 Sep 2009):
Hey Dwayne, that info is neat. Excuse my sassy Flava Flav comment on that other image ;-)
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Ryan John gave props (12 Sep 2009):
Excellent capture!!
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Zerina Phillip gave props (14 Sep 2009):
The devil sure has his day here. Nice B & W.
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Steve Wilson said (15 Sep 2009):
This is over the top and wonderful.
