Tewe Vaval ceremony as celebrated by the native Kalinago tribe to mark the end of "King Carnival". A colorful cardboard coffin effigy of the "King" is slowly paraded up and down the streets in Kalanago territory to the sound of repeated chants,...
Me and my host mom, Marilyn (aka the best host mom ever) at my swearing in ceremony!
Marilyn was the best host mom ever! Marilyn's 22 year old daughter had just left for 5 years of schooling in Russia when I arrived. I think because of that she...
This is a photo of a Kalinago Ondian. They are the only indigenous people of the Caribbean left and they only reside in Dominica. They still make many of the same things they once made hundreds of years ago, including baskets and canoes.