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Photograph of Sailor mas and Fireman costumes and headdress displayed at Wandsworth Professional Development Centre during course for teachers organised by Karen Mears, Wandsworth EMAG team. Nadella Benjamin, Trinidadian Masquerade designer from Peter Minshall's mas camp was working with a group of schools in Wandsworth and Lambeth, part funded by London Arts Board and part by schools in Lambeth and Wandsworth and at this session she gave a talk on the elements of masquerade including the significance of 'ole mas' characters like Fancy Sailor, Fireman, Blue Devil etc.
Her talk was filmed by Celia Burgess-Macey.

RefCAP/LTN/5/5/2
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Date2001-2
Rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/
StatusPublished

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