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Hi everyone! Thank you for watching! I hope you enjoyed today's episode as much as I had filming and modeling for it! These are just a FEW of the many Traditional Dresses found throughout the Caribbean. In no way is it representative of every island's dress, or the vast variety of dresses for each island, however, this video serves the main purpose of exposing and bringing awareness to the presence and history of Caribbean traditional dresses as they exist independently and uniquely in each Caribbean Island.
The common theme that connects each traditional dress is their African roots. African slaves, were forced to abandon some of their cultural and traditional practices. However, they found ways to incorporate their rich heritage, identity, and influences from their European colonizers to create the dresses that we consider our traditional dresses today.
NOTE: There are only 4 dresses in this video. This does not represent every single island of the Caribbean. I am a college student living in the U.S and used my own funds to purchase what Caribbean dresses I could get my hands on. Ideally, I would have been happier with showcasing many more (all) of the traditional Caribbean dresses hailing from every island, but unfortunately, I had neither the funds nor the access to all. Due to this, I tried my best to get dresses from dress makers here in the U.S and in respective islands to have at least one representation from an island within the Lesser Antilles, the Greater Antilles, the francophone Caribbean, and Latin islands. Like I said, it would have been ideal to have all dresses, however, limited access, funds, and time constraints played major roles. I hope that you draw some knowledge from this short video and also share information not only about these dresses, but the countless others throughout the Caribbean that do exist.
Thanks & Walk Good,
Lyndsay
DESIGNERS:
Puerto Rican Bomba y Plena Skirt by Smirna Mercedes
www.etsy.com/shop/MinniesThin...
Dominican Jupe and Headpiece (Tèt Kasé) by Monette Brown
www.creoledominic.com/
Music Credit:
Neighbour, Neighbour- Lord Kitchener