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The Bookman is one of several types of Devil represented in Trinidad Carnival. He typically carries a large book and a pen, with which he mimes writing the names of passersby into the book of damned souls.

Sources

  • Nunley, John and Judith Bettleheim. Caribbean Festival Arts: Each and Every Bit of Difference. University of Washington Press, 1998.
  • Dudley, Shannon. Music from behind the bridge: steelband spirit and politics in Trinidad and Tobago. Oxford University Press, 2008. ISBN  978-0195175479. Excerpts available at Google Books.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Bookman is one of several types of Devil represented in Trinidad Carnival. He typically carries a large book and a pen, with which he mimes writing the names of passersby into the book of damned souls.

Sources

  • Nunley, John and Judith Bettleheim. Caribbean Festival Arts: Each and Every Bit of Difference. University of Washington Press, 1998.
  • Dudley, Shannon. Music from behind the bridge: steelband spirit and politics in Trinidad and Tobago. Oxford University Press, 2008. ISBN  978-0195175479. Excerpts available at Google Books.

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