Jump and wave: Carnival is a living, breathing gyration of confrontation

A time-honoured tradition that was born from the resistance and revolution that eventually freed slaves in the West Indies, Carnival is defiant and refuses to accept restrictive and oppressive societal norms.
Caribana is usually celebrated on the August long weekend, which this year coincides with Aug. 1, or Emancipation Day, a celebration of the end of slavery in the West Indies.
OTTAWA—It’s Caribana weekend. And lord knows we need the jump-up and oy after two-and-a-half years of epic hell that refuses abatement. Posse, lemme see yah raise yah hands and put them in the air! (Some great soul on Twitter put out a pr...

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