Don't Slut Shame My Culture

I would call February the official new year for us in the Caribbean. Well when it comes to partying of course. February is where countries like Trinidad, Haiti, French Saint Martin Curacao, Aruba and others host their Carnival. Their own ties with tradition of partying before the starting of Lent. 

With one set of Carinivals in the book, we need to sit down and talk on how persons view my culture. 

Now people find the way we dress and dance during mas is quite... inappropriate. In a sense that we promote vulgarity to a sense of sexual movements and that we are showing too much skin. 

Personally, you would not catch me in a costume because I am not comfortable wearing stuff like that but that does not to give you the right (especially you non-West Indians) to bash the hard work and dedication that are put into these costumes on a yearly basis. Most of them are hand made and cost hundreds of dollars, I think they are allowed to wear their costume. 

And for those who only like to hype up celebs for wearing them. Goodbye. 

For those who like to downgrade our dancing... No we are not having sex in the middle of the street (well sometimes 😂), we just have serious rhythm and know how to move our waist. It is not that complicated. 

Carinival is one of the biggest platform the islands use to celebrate their culture. It gives a sense of unity and friendship amoung the people as well as celebrate our old culture and new culture through costumes, music and food (the foood 😍). It is such a great time of year, Kes The Band and David Rudder wrote a song called "Life Yuh Life" and it talks about living your life you playing mas. Always looking out for each other and being kind. 

At the end of the day, we are not attention seekers wearing skimpy clothing and shaking our butts like we have no sense, we are living our everyday culture on a bigger scale. 

So kindly, please. STOP SLUT SHAMING MY CULTURE. 

MEANWHILE, I WILL LISTEN TO FULL EXTREME BY ULTIMATE REJECTS WAITING FOR MY CARNIVAL IN APRIL 

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