Traditional Carnival
Traditional Carnival Element: Kalinda
Kalinda was and still is a folk institution in Trinidad. Up to 1901, Kalinda was a well organized popular Negro game (if such a lethal combat could be so called) in the island of Trinidad. While it was widespread all over the country it was in the city of Port of Spain that its organization reached a very high standard many years ago…” From: Kalinda – Song of the Battling Troubadours of Trinidad.