SHIFTING MULTICULTURAL CITIZENSHIP: Trinidad Orisha Opens the Road

Abstract

The procession of Orisha folks moved down the streets of Arouca to end at the African Ancestral Site. First were the praises to the ancestors, then the granting of awards and a brief Calypso interlude before the children lined up, performing their rehearsed dance as water libations were made to cool the earth (Onile). A person of importance, a holder of political power had arrived. Claps and the Trinidad Orisha call-a warble yell produced by beating the hand against the mouth-greeted the political leader of Trinidad, Prime Minister Basdeo Panday, as he stepped onto Orisha holy land, a welcome guest. On this day he would speak to the Orisha folks and promise the support of his party and the government. And later that year in Parliament his promises would materialize. 1

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