Paramin hills fall silent with no parang
Sunday 13 December 2020
The hills of Paramin will be quiet this season as there will be no parang festival in the west Trinidad community this year because of covid19. File photo. -
Covid19 has decimated the parang culture this year, but some individuals in Paramin hope to carry on some aspects of the traditions in a way that would comply with covid19 restrictions.
In addition, news that there will be no Paramin Parang Festival has upset some even as they understand the necessity of cancelling the event.
Shauntel Marcano-Skeete of Fatima Trace, Paramin, said she has played parang since primary school and has been in an adult parang band since the age of 13. She has performed at the Paramin Parang Festival for the past 13 years and only missed one because she was giving birth.