Alwin Bully calls for contracts for calypsonians among suggestions to improve carnival

Alwin Bully
Alwin Bully

The issuing of contracts to calypsonians, the dress code and the marketing of Carnival are some things to be looked at closely according to the former head of the Carnival Organizing Committee, Alwin Bully.

Bully made his observations in an interview with DNO on Thursday during which he gave an assessment of the just concluded Carnival season.

According to him, the Dominica Calypso Association (DCA) needs to put guidelines in place for calypsonians.

“The calypso association needs to look at the issue of contracts for their participants. Right now how does one know what is acceptable and what is not acceptable during the competition. There are no clear guidelines that we stand on,” he said.

Bully also mentioned that young children should be kept in mind when revelers choose outfits for Carnival.

“Nice costumes and lots of people coming out, but there should be a clear line between funny, sexy, and vulgar and in some cases some people mix the three and you get inappropriate behavior especially in the front of children,” he noted. “We have to be aware of what we do in the presence of children.”

Bully also argued that Dominica should be marketed as a Carnival destination.

“We have cruise ships coming into our ports on carnival days and they are kind of surprised to find carnival going on,” he stated. “While other countries are bending backwards to get cruise ships to go to their islands during their carnival, I don’t see us taking advantage of that particular aspect from revenue generation.”

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65 Comments

  1. February 17, 2013

    I will not say much here but all the nonsense we are reading here about dress code, it is all caused by the same stupid backward Dominica mentality.

    Mind you Dominica women were the last to dress in jeans after the rest of the world.

    The fact is when they are in Dominica they live in hypocrisy; however, the first time they set foot out of Dominica, the same day they reach where the aircrafts land, they change their accent, and throw away the garbage cloth they left Dominica with; they put on pants, and get stock in them!

    The strangest thing is that people sit in their homes in Dominica, and watch all sort of pornography on Television, and that seems quite okay, however, it is considered a crime to show some flesh in Carnival; we read in the comments below where someone said that the police should lock them up because of the way they dress; backwardness is the cause of such comments!

    On a hot summer day through out the United States, it is not uncommon to find people out shopping half naked: what is wrong with our people and our stupid way of thinking?

    One day I was trying to find DBS Radio to listen to the news on the Internet; I inserted DBS into my browser, hoping to search for Radio Dominica.

    I was shocked when a porn site in Dominica (with a domain name DBS) pooped up with some big fat Dominica, woman, young men too, dressed up in black tennis shoe on their feet engaged in porn activity.

    Which of the these actions are worst?

    Playing mass, and dancing in the streets half naked; or the high volume of rape, murder and thievery in the country?

    What about the everyday lies people tell even to their children, the corruption which overwhelms the country what is worst?

    Never once we heard that a rapists, a murderer, or a thief confesses to a judge, or magistrate ” the reason I killed, rape or stole) is because of the half naked people I say in Carnival.”

    If there are people in the country who wishes to cover-up from head to toe on carnival day, that’s their privilege to do so, nevertheless, I do not think anyone has the right to impose any dress code on people. If one watch the Roses Parade held in Pasadena, California in January, although it is not considered carnival, we see floats, and people dressed up half naked too, so what’s the big deal?

    All of this babbling, that Dr. Bully is right, and right on message, is nothing more than a bunch of hypocrites talking, one even suggest that I put on my thinking cap.

    What is there to think about; everyone knows that half naked people in the streets on carnival day attracts the tourist from far, wide, and near!

    Finally, the reason more people are not visiting Dominica in the carnival season, is because Dominica does not have an International Airport! Hotels accommodation is none existence; as far as I was told there are six (600) hundred so called existing guess house rooms on the island. Assuming twenty (20,000) thousand visitors would come in just for carnival; where are they going to be housed.

    I suppose there are no shortage of trees in the country, the tourists will be happy to simply select a space and take shelter under one of them, a banana tree will suite yours truly well, I left a few of them in the bush in Wesley, perhaps they are still there oui!

    Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

    Changing the dates on which the festivities are held will not make any difference!

    And because I do not have a thinking cap on, maybe that is why I draw that conclusion.

    Francisco Etienne-Dods Telemaque

    • Dominique St. John
      February 21, 2013

      Mr. Telemaque, since you say “everyone knows that half naked people in the streets on carnival day attracts the tourist from far, wide, and near”, are we to assume that you approve of us prostituting ourselves for tourist money? Your entire last comment seems unreasonable. What is wrong with ensuring Carnival is a respectful celebration that does not expose our children to blatant vulgarity? No one expects a dress code to be so extreme as to cover all body parts, but any reasonable adult knows the difference between a classy costume and an outfit for a salop. Yes, the world is filled with very inappropriate images, with porn, with crime and so on. Does that mean we should hold no sense of modicum?

      Carnival began as a celebration by freed African slaves, some of whom are documented to have stripped themselves of their slave clothing in symbolic protest against their former bondage. Stripping in the streets in modern Carnival is hardly the same thing. Carnival celebration has lost it’s true purpose and meaning. It is nothing but a happy hour moment to get drunk and be as immoral as you can upon the excuse that it is Carnival. What a way to honor our slave ancestors who broke out in the streets in celebration of freedom.

      Our desire to engage in a freedom to bare flesh, without consideration to how we perpetuate the madness of the world is assnine. Why should we not take small steps to set a moral standard against the indecency and crime of the world? Does a dress code truly impede on your freedom to enjoy Carnival? If so, then perhaps you should check your motive to want to see porn enacted in the streets.

  2. Corrupt_Bastards
    February 17, 2013

    Alwyn, what about our children viewing corruption in Govt, don’t u think this is wrong!!!! :mrgreen:

  3. lee
    February 17, 2013

    Mr Bully is 100% right because some of the women are really over doing it there are children around they will surely behave the same later.

  4. T mama
    February 17, 2013

    yes i agree with the calypso association taking tougher stands and the dressing, way papa some people not easy you know…..i understand there was no carnival committee this year just DFC, that should be put in place and please bring back the parade to Monday it was done for three years it can go back now, and the committee has to bring back sunday parade and more activities at carnival city…

  5. Papa Dom
    February 16, 2013

    There must really be something in the air or water according to tony. Last year the suggestion was to move the date of carnival, this year it’s about the dressing of women and rules for calypso. I used to respect those people but slowly I’m beginning to lose respect for them, their views and what motivates them. I have no doubt that many persons, myself included, would frown upon the mode of dress of the women but let’s face it, carnival is what it is. Is the gentle man convinced in his mind that people would visit Dominica to watch people dressed in white t-shirts and black jeans, in a disorganized miss mash? Or six skimpily dressed women? No change of date will make Dominica’s carnival a tourist attraction if the current is what we offer.
    As for the calypso assn. putting rules in place, well that’s another story. When we like who we like we have come to a time in Dominica when we will do and say anything to protect them even when they do wrong. We do not even have the courage to say to our friends; listen my friend you are wrong. We blame everyone else for the fact that our friends have not been prudent in their behaviour. So, we will chant down women for dressing inappropriately but not blame our friends for acting inappropriately because there are no rules.
    There is no doubt that Mr. Bully has the passion for Dominica’s culture, let’s hope he still has the strength to make a difference. In this regard may I suggest to the good gentleman that he comes up with a costume band for next year to show the rest what his expectations are. My guess is that if he comes up with a really good idea many persons, who share his view on dress will join him.

  6. VAL
    February 15, 2013

    Bully have been to many countries where canival is celebrated and he have seen worst what is he trying to say children in Brazil have no roll models the revellers are dancing in the streets naked with paint all over their bodies come on we are not that bad the days of covering from your ears to your toes are gone the 30s,40s,50s,60,70s,are not the time of today television have open our eyes if you dont look you will not see something got under your skin BULLY

  7. is that say
    February 15, 2013

    Mr Bully I am in total agreement with you..For someone who was for so long actively involved in aspects of Dominica’s culture I hope your suggestions are acted upon by the relevant parties..

    • faceup
      February 19, 2013

      What relevant parties? !! chupesssss !!

  8. Anonymous
    February 15, 2013

    To me the issue isnt the skimpiness of costumes its how fat the women are wearing them! Then when yo combine the fatness with their vulgar way of dancing it’s a terrible terrible nightmarish sight to behold.

  9. Captioned
    February 15, 2013

    is there something wrong with my views DNO

  10. StoopeeD
    February 15, 2013

    Carnival is a Conundrum… :mrgreen: for those who do not know the meaning,just click the link below..
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conundrum

  11. Wonders
    February 15, 2013

    I wonder If we know what we want as Dominicans, we way we want to compete with Trinidad carnival but we also want censorship. Have we gone to the other islands and see what they offer, how they celebrate and dress? Are we sure that we want and what comes along with it? Hmmm I’m not sure. Maybe we were disappointed with the outfits because we knew the people who wore it. Carnival is a time to Celebrate and enjoy yourself but now we want to say censor it? All of a sudden we moving away from saying stop with the violence and now saying too much indecency in dressing. If we wanna sell our product and keep it to a level of 1988 rather than 2013 then there’s nothing to see. I was really disappointed with the bands and their level of music this year. No one released an album. All the bands do is just chant 3 lines in most of their songs and just give people beats, this is poor. We need to upgrade our carnival with better music from our bands. Mr. Bully focus on a better carnival product in terms of giving foreigners something to look forward to come enjoy Dominica’s carnival, for all you know all the inappropriate outfits came from people visiting for carnival. If that’s the case what are you saying to them – Don’t come to Dominica with thees outfits? Hmmmm…

    • Faceup
      February 15, 2013

      So true bro,be yourself in what ever,that’s what carnival is about,and for the mucic they got to come again !!..

    • so true
      February 15, 2013

      An example needs to be made of one of the inappropiately dressed or vulgar ones.. Guess the police dont have the balls to enforce the public order act???hmmm..Why is it acceptable on carnival monday and tuesday and if a ‘sane’ person dresses or conducts themselves that way on an ordinary day the ambulance would be called to get the ‘insane’ person off the street..Very interesting…Here goes our double standards

    • Not a herd follower
      February 15, 2013

      are you equating progress with the right to be indecent? there is no such right. Dominica promotes its Carnival as unique, meaning its traditional themes and spontaneous jump up. Trinidad has its own featurs and standards. We are not Trinidad. We have our own.

    • cohenval
      February 15, 2013

      My friends and myself go to carnivals in Trinidad, St. Lucia, Brazil and Dominica, because we want to see sexy women and drink and dance. Time to get rid of stress. Women dress in sexy outfits. This is not church. You want visitors and their money but you want to give us what you want. We want what we want. If not we will go elsewhere to find it.

      • I agree
        February 19, 2013

        But a cow would look better in some of the costumes. Everyone eating too muc KFC!!!

    • Helas!!
      February 15, 2013

      Guess only you should share ideas, Great!!!!!

      • Real talk
        February 16, 2013

        One thing I learn about us Dominicans we cannot take constructive critism, and we wonder why we not going any where.. I have notice all the open minded, contructive cristism the comments rating are low, and I will not be surprise if my comment is rated low or will be edited by DNO, but just in case its not is just sad to say this is what goes on here, maybe that why our younng people with ne ideas leaving and the population getting smaller!!

  12. Captioned
    February 15, 2013

    I totally agree with Mr. Bully’s comments. I believe the majority of Dominicans, both here and overseas were disappointed with the dress of our women for carnival. But, I will take it one step further, I will not totally blame these women for their costumes. I will shoulder blame on the organisers of the bands. They were the one who designed what the women wear. Do you see the men dressed as scinty as the women NO!! The organisers of the bands must accept responsibility.

  13. margwasar
    February 15, 2013

    I agree that it was shameful to see how a small number of women especially at jour ouvert were dressed. I believe that the police should arrest some of these women for indecent exposure. Carnival should not be used as an excuse for that sort of indecency. I must applaud some of the young ladies though who came out with really nice creative outfits at jour ouvert.

    • Faceup
      February 15, 2013

      Do you still want it like the carnival in the sixties,big your self up bro it’s 2013,YOU EH SEE NOTING YET !!!!!

  14. faceup
    February 15, 2013

    Mr Bully, i think you geasing now and too old school !!

  15. LEGIT
    February 14, 2013

    DA carnival is not marketable….not enough costumes and too much jump up..jumpup is not a Tourist attraction..people get real

  16. Sweet Pea
    February 14, 2013

    Dr Bully I quite agree. But who is really listening to you. Imagine the mayor of Roseau said that putting portable toilets in Roseau would be senseless. I guess he thinks e erybody who wants to use the bathroom must act like a chicken or a dog and pee on the streets. That’s the kind of respect we have for people. I was totally appalled at that statement. If I did not live in Roseau I would not participate in carnival just for this reason. Shame on you mayor – not all of us are low lives!!!!

    • Anonymous
      February 15, 2013

      Yeah not all are low lives but way too many are. Story done there. Mayor right!

    • Anonymous
      February 15, 2013

      ANd have you noticed that every carnival Perky’s Pizza’s toilet is out of order? hmmmmmmmmmmm

  17. Poule jeenga
    February 14, 2013

    Someone must also talk about the way the VIP stand was placed u are expecting well over 10,000 people to view the calypso and the layout for viewers was really poor. The space between the stage and the VIP area could not even accomodate half the crowd surely with all the talk about degrees we must have some people with the necessary skills to find a better layout to accommodate patrons of the calypso show. calling on architect,engineers to help improve the layout so people paying $70 will feel satisfied that they had a good viewing.

  18. February 14, 2013

    Alwin, I have admired you for a number of years, if anything you are one of my favorite people in our country, you have endeavored in many different ways in order to keep certain cultural crafts alive in Dominica.

    At one time I suggest a national theater should be built and named in your honor; however, I cannot support your gestures here, since I view you suggestions at this point to be a simple mater of total control over the decisions people make; regarding the way they chose to dress for any of the events during carnival.

    Carnival has long been a fun thing, the minute you start dictating the way participants should dress you are actually eliminating the fun in the festivities.

    Children has nothing to do with this, after all we were all born naked!

    Carnival itself wherever in the world it is held and observed, we find 99% of the people: women are practically half naked, women like to show lots of skin on the two days of Carnival t, as long as someone does not go into the street completely naked, one should not care, unless they have an perverted mind.

    Participants of Carnival look forward to see women dressed up in what is known in Trinidad as ” PP Shorts.” I know they are called intentionally Daisy Ducks Shorts, which women patronized from the very old Television Show ” The Ducks of Hazarded.”

    In any event we find people; women in Brazil, Trinidad, Louisiana, and even now in Toronto, on Carribana day many are dressed up in negligees; and because we may be about the same age, I am sure by now you know what is a G-string!

    I will not describe to you, however, if you any one in Dominica who looks like a woman, they will I am sure show you what they look like, I like the Black, red, and white ones!

    Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

    That’s how women and their husband, boyfriend, or people with no relationship to jam in carnival on the streets. Even in England these days.

    When you talk about contract you are imposing your own will on people, a contract of conduct by a calypsoian means that he/she are been muzzled, and told how they should conduct themselves, and that includes what they should sing about, and how the lyrics to their song should be written.

    If any of your gestures in this case were to be implemented, they would make the festivity worst than it is right now; they will not in any way improve it, or add any glamour!

    Francisco Etienne-Dods Telemaque

    • Not a herd follower
      February 15, 2013

      Because something is done in other places, it does not follow it is right. Put on your thinking cap, man.

    • February 15, 2013

      Francisco Telemaque February 14, 2013

      While you are busy looking at the structural built of houses in Dominica during the stone ages of your mind, asserting that those houses are of the same design and condition in the years 2013–and idea, which of course is till from the “twilight zone” of your thoughts, now you are claiming to disagree with man of wisdom, understanding, and knowledge who would like see Dominica present its arts and entertainment with profession and class at this stage of our existence.

      “I view you suggestions at this point to be a simple mater of total control over the decisions people make; regarding the way they chose to dress for any of the events during carnival”. says Francisco

      Well since you are among those who takes the pleasure of self gratification, by steering into the almost naked bodies of women on the streets, who would expect you to agree with Alwin’s suggestions–not gestures as you put it–there is a big difference between those two terms.

      “Gesture” is a “sign” signifying some form of action; “suggestion” is a definite idea put forward for certain plans or establishment–that is the message of this article. Tt is a good and positive message.

      Children has nothing to do with this, after all we were all born naked!–says Francisco

      That is the kind of carnal state of mind from people like you, who claim be on top in knowledge of God and His ways.

      Well just so you remember that as Dominicans–maybe you are not one of us–we have declared to be “God fearing people” and God is holy, He demands our discretion as far as keeping our bodies decently covered is concerned–His Law of this demand is at the Book of Leviticus, even to His priests of ancient Israel.

      The naked human body is shamefulness before God, that is why He gave Adam and Eve tunics to wear, after they were disrobed from their clothing of Spiritual Light.

      Our being born naked in the physical is the representation that we enter this world with the state of shamefulness, which our first parents inherited, as I have already said, through their sinful interaction with God’s enemy the devil.

      That is why as soon a baby is born he or she is wrapped in cloth–I did not see the nakedness of my son after I gave birth to him.

      Just so you know that we human beings are the only species of creation that enters this world in nakedness–look the lower animals, plants, trees, you will see what I am saying.

      Our nakedness is a a curse which we brought on to our own selves through our sinful disobedience, only those with a state mind that is carnal, takes pleasure in the public display of a naked body and all of those vulgar display that people parade with during carnival or whatever day and place of their environment.

      • February 18, 2013

        You see I did not bother you, since the last time you had to say plenty about me in the other forum, where you assassinated me! I told you I was not going to respond to anything you say about me anymore, and I am going to keep my promises and refrain from debating you here, or anywhere else.

        Except, since you bring God into it, I will remind you that Adam and Eve; God created them naked in the Garden of Eden. And you need to know even in the twenty-first century, in the Amazon, there are tribal people there who lives naked, except for the chemical compounds they use on their bodies, which protects them from insects such as mosquito bite.

        There are at least two places on the continent of Africa, which I know for a fact people are still walk in the jungles naked, and some still construct their house in trees, sixty and a hundred feet in above the ground.

        I know you will support anything Alwin say, for no other reason except you both are born in the same village; so if he say people should simply cover up in a white washed out one hundred pound flour bag, and play mass, that might be good enough for you eh!

        I like Alwin too, however, I am not going to pretend and be a hypocrite, and condone his ideas, and sentiments in this particular case.

        And by the way I am bringing a girl from your village to LA, and doh ask me who, cause I know but I doh talking eh, as long as I know it ain’t Liz, Liz4Jesus, or Elizabeth Xavier oui.

        Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah; gat you: that’s what you get when you do not know when to leave me alone.

        Francisco Etienne-Dods Telemaque

  19. Kwaibe
    February 14, 2013

    Well said Mr. Bully. I was very disgusted at the photo’s i saw, some of the outfits were really of poor taste. I ask myself, Where is Dominica/Dominicans headed when they display those can of behavior on the streets… isn’t some of these outfits/customs for the bed room, where is our morale standard. Just expressing my point of view!

    • yah
      February 14, 2013

      Noooooo, all you fellers mad man, all you forget what Carnival is about. You supposed to take your foot, indulge in the flesh as it were, and then you have to pay for it for 40 days and 40 nights. That is how the whole thing come about. So if the pants short and the neckline low and the winding down low, then I say that is how it ought to be. Like the song say all you want people to jump like a mannequin.
      As far as changing the date goes, nooooooo. Ash Wednesday not changing, so Carnival date cannot change. How you can move Carnival to some random date that have nothing to do with the roots of the thing in the first place. That is why we have same date from Trinidad to Brazil to New Orleans. Barbados and them man have their thing when they have it cuz them man had a jai sugar cane growing and when everthing harvest is Cropover.
      The only problem I have with the pictures is how fat the people are, depending on the source you check, dominica is usually rated somewhere around the 8th to the 15th fattest country in the WHOLE WORLD, and the number one fattest in the OECS, like over 70% obese ghost. whitchurch and them man need to stop importing all that chicken and corn syrup laden food from you know where. Especially since they make England stop giving US our little boops on our bananas but same time they subsidising their chicken and corn farmers to the tune of Billions every year. Now our chicken farmers cannot compete with their artificially low prices, so local chicken husbandry in dominica is functionally defunct. I even hear Brazil take them court the other day and they have to pay them man for unfair trade practices, why we not doing that. In fact they should ban all chicken and everything containing corn syrup from over there, which is basically everything. yah

  20. Not a herd follower
    February 14, 2013

    Alwyn is right. I concur with his comments on all issues. While I was pleased to see the level of participation and the efforts people made to wear costumes or outfits, some of the attire was inappropriate – meaning, not in keeping with the traditions of our Carnival. They reflected American culture, including the vulgarity that is so much part of that culture.

    • Not a herd follower
      February 14, 2013

      amendment: I concur with his comments on all three issues.

  21. EB.
    February 14, 2013

    Very, very well said Dr. Bully.

    Very constructive criticism we ought to learn from.

    How can we expect goodness, decency, honor, respect, etc, from our youth when we display otherwise?

  22. Tumbleweed
    February 14, 2013

    Alwin, you’re bang on target; don’t expect anyone to listen to you though.

  23. menard
    February 14, 2013

    :wink:

  24. mixmaster
    February 14, 2013

    You are always right on Cue Mr Bully

  25. Don't EDIT!
    February 14, 2013

    WE DO NOT NEED MORE CENSORSHIP IN DOMINICA.You don’t like it stay home

    • EB.
      February 15, 2013

      Are you for real Sir/Madam? I’m sure you are just being sarcastic.

  26. Malatete
    February 14, 2013

    I agree that Dominic a should be marketed as a Carnival destination ( with apolgies for the pun!). However, before doing so we have to improve the “product” (as our Min. of Tourism likes to call it) as in its present form and presentation it has little to offer an internationa and demanding clientele.

  27. February 14, 2013

    oh mr,Alwin i agree with you 1000% especially with those vagar outfit.women if u all looking for a good man to take to his mother that is not wat he is looking for.all he will want to do is hit and run.

  28. Anonymous
    February 14, 2013

    its is so sad to see no one has been listening to Mr bully this man has a vision for carnival that’s even those at the top lack the stake holder in Dominica are blind all they see carnival as is a sewo for locals and not as a business the calypso , taxi and hotel association should be leading the charge in support of Mr bully on his idea of changing the date of our carnival that is a no brainier we should look to have our carnival one week after Trinidad so we can attract the crowd from north america and Europe even our neighbors from Martinique and Guadeloupe both these people cant come to our carnival cause they will have to miss Trinidad carnival or their own carnival in the case of the french plus it would be good for our people to be able to go to trinidad carnival and see what we are up against she we can better present our carnival and compete and please don’t mention lent and those foolishness cause god and the church are the last things on our minds during the jump-up and we should stop letting the church have a say in what we do in our country especially the bishop what has the church done for us in over 500 years than hold the people in ignorance

    • Faceup
      February 15, 2013

      No Name:!! YOU DO MAKE NO SENCE, come again !!

    • "O" STRESS"
      February 16, 2013

      With all due respect! you`r cursed,Where there`s no vision the people perish. Dont get it twisted. I could care less what god you`re praying too, that`s your business, but to sound so shallow on a subject like the one at hand is like walking in darkness,and when we fall we ask God to pick us up. OMG” we have enough rubbish to deal with, do us a favour do not bring more to the dump.”SMFH”.

    • I agree
      February 19, 2013

      @ Anonymous:
      If people flock to Dominica for Carnival after Trini, they will have a real disappointment!

  29. Door man
    February 14, 2013

    This thing we have of living in the past has to come to an end someday. I think he wants carnival participants to dress in their Sunday best. Lets look like we are running a professional business for the tourist. :lol:

  30. I agree
    February 14, 2013

    Kudos to you Mr. Bully! this was my first Carnival in Dominica and I was kind of disappointed. I also thought a lot of it was vulgar and inappropriate behavior, including some of the photos posted on FB. I understand that there is a lot of drinking going on, but I have been to other Carnivals and Dominica can’t even come close to comparing. The others I have been to have so much more class. There were also some very nice costumes and decent people. I don’t mean this to be degrading as I know a lot of hard work was put into this and I also know people that were in the parade. On the other hand, I can say that is was quite peaceful for such a large crowd. I also have to say, for the life of me, I couldn’t figure which parade was going where, where they started, where they were going next, what street they were coming down or where it ended. It just looked like there were 5 parades going on througout town. If there are visitors to the Island, there should be some kind of system and available information so they can enjoy Carnival to the fullest.

    • Anonymous
      February 14, 2013

      I saw some of the costumes from Trinidad bands and they were on par and even skimpier with what most people here wore for jourvert. Thank you much.

      I have been to St.Lucia’s carnival and became a spectator hardly a participant. I just don’t know what you are talking about.

    • faceup
      February 16, 2013

      Where where you hybernating, eh? just join the band any band !!

  31. Tempi
    February 14, 2013

    More nonsense from a growing set of out of touch people.

    Neither Brazil or Trinidad are policed by these arcane views. Carnival IS our theatre.

    The dress is not an issue at all. The declining participation is the problem and most of it is because Carnival is not fun,is not a spectacle, and is governed by a group of people who are brain dead to originality.

    Instead of talking about the lack of proper facilities for toilets, the poor opening parade, the lack of any real spectacle in the Masquerade, and the narrow appeal of the bouyon bands, Bully wants to talk about outfits.

    Have you seen what Trini women and foreign masqueraders wear ? Have you seen what Brazilians wear during their carnival.

    We are approaching a period of Taliban fundamentalism in Dominica.

    This is a nation which is literally choking young people to death.

    No clubs
    No entertainment centres
    No sporting facilities
    No real Carnival events

    You all really think you can build a nation with that bs ?

    • EB.
      February 15, 2013

      Tempi, thanks for your comments and I concur with much of it, howevere, I just CANNOT support your view on the dress issue.

      To my mind, and that of many good decent Dominicans like Dr. Bully, we DO NOT care about what Trini women, foreign masqueraders, Brazilians, and others wear during their carnivals. We just want the very best for our beloved Dominica and Dominicans; nothing less.

      We want to be GOOD examples. We and to copy the GOOD and NOT the BAD.

      • faceup
        February 16, 2013

        Well when i see snap shots of Dominica at carnaval time, and say share to invite people to the island,PLEASE STATE THAT THERE IS A DRESS CODE,so visitors will choose between Trinidad, St Vincent etc and one more thing your custums sucks !!

    • Sculptor
      February 15, 2013

      The fact is we are uncomfortable with the nude human body. Hence, we debase it and present it as lewd rather than lovely.

      • February 15, 2013

        Sculptor February 15, 2013 The fact is we are uncomfortable with the nude human body. Hence, we debase it and present it as lewd rather than lovely.

        @Sculptor

        Perhaps you have spoken the above in a negative sense, but you are right on!

        As I said in a comment above–the naked body is a display of shame–we read that Adam and Eve, when Satan dirobed them from their dress of “Spiritual Light”–meaning that they were used to seeing themselves through a pillar of bright light, just as God Himself is dressed–after they committed that sin with Satan, they saw themselves unclothed, and they were ashamed.

        That is the reason they went into hiding from God, but who can hide from Him? Nonetheless as human beings we still have that urge of God to be like Him, those of us who are His chosen people on earth–God is putting us in the mode to be who we are for His satisfaction.

        Try to walk naked or even half dressed among a group of people who is properly dressed and notice how they will look at you, if you do not feel uncomfortable yourself.

        Nakedness and vulgarity is a shameful display–in public. Those who do it and all those who embrace the practice, are as dead in the spirit with a carnal state of mind, which is in no path of healing to know the discretion, the class of Life, and the ways of the Living God of Love and Holiness.

    • Anonymous
      February 15, 2013

      Taliban is not the reason for decline in carnival participation, lack of clubs, sports and events. It’s the fact that Dominicans have NO MONEY! All that you wish for costs $$$$$ which consumers have less and less and less of.

      Get the economy cranked into high gear and no small group of taliban can keep back the parade!

    • I agree
      February 19, 2013

      Ya, but they don’t all weigh around 300 pounds!!! LOL

  32. Time will tell!!
    February 14, 2013

    I agree with you Mr Bully!!

  33. Anonymous
    February 14, 2013

    I certainly agree with the view that we should be careful about how we conduct ourselves in the presence of children. As a parent myself I was forced to stand as a shield in front of my son who had witnessed real vulgar dancing in the Triple K Band. Why are some of our young women so proud about being “looked at as a BOW DELL.” This term was used by my grandmother which meant a vulgar, street woman and so many of our young women were seen with these T-shirts in the Triple K Band. What a shame, I wonder if some of them really new what it meant?

    • anonyme
      February 15, 2013

      I know. I just could not understand. I could only associate it to the phrase “la vie bowdele” which was a very derogatory phrase when I was growing up

    • "O" STRESS"
      February 16, 2013

      They want it now! the mind set during and after is “BEAUTY IS IN THE EYES OF THE BEHOLDER” and oncesome of us can get away with it we will do it, Win.Loose, or Draw, My poor friend confess to me how painful thesr times are for him, cause he is geting “HORN,and growing “HORNS”and there`s nothing he can say or do about it.We are becoming sodomities,by persons in high places,SMFH”its open season on both men and women,during and after our sewoing seasons ends the results will be handed out to some in nine months.

  34. topie
    February 14, 2013

    i agree with him on the dress codes. but this year i found it to be a bit better because there was alot of that brown under stretch pant and the stockings.

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