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Out. i call a demon to walk with me. >> anthony: king david is one of the old school street fighter who has kept his form from fading over the years. >> anthony: as in brazil, the deep south, african slaves were given little to work with when it came time for the meal. more often than not, if they wanted meat, they had to make do with what the slave masters did not want: a tongue here, a cow foot there. here, as elsewhere, they figured out how to make something delicious and tender from whatever...

Series of riots they insisted were inspired by african drumming. one improvises in such circumstances and all those oil drums were repurposed. ♪ >> anthony: this is phase two. one of only 11 large steel bands taking part of the worldwide competition, panorama that happens in a few weeks, winner gets $150,000. they have taken home the prize seven times in no small part due to this man lenox "boogsie" sharpe. ♪ the rehearsal space is called a pan yard and if youre lucky somebody nearby is maki...

Meal dough, then in banana leaf, then steamed. >> muhammed: she will feed you till you burst, like any grandmother you know right? >> anthony: going to be well looked after. >> muhammed: and that is once a year. >> anthony: so when are these ordinarily --. >> muhammed: christmas time. >> anthony: this is very, very delicious. >> neila: thank you very much and one thing im vex about right now is why you didnt put ice in his glass. >> muhammed: its good its fine. >> neila: so he must say thanks to...

>> anthony: i cant tell you how happy i am about this meal. i love the food. >> woman in blue shirt: this is rokubi. >> women #3: best rokubi youll ever eat in your life. >> woman in blue shirt: this is the fried version which is stuffed with the lime stuffing and then we have the typical hummus. this is muhammara, which made from chili paste and ground nuts. the best muhammara in trinidad. >> mario: muhammara makes the best. >> woman in blue shirt: then we have falafel patties, we have grilled ...

Split pea broth, dumplings and of course corn. kim johnson is a local journalist and historian who knows about this stuff. its far more complex than you think. >> anthony: wow ive got to tell you that was incredible. i heard a lot of little steel drum bands around the caribbean but nothing like that. all percussion right? 100 percent. >> boogsie: yes. >> anthony: how did your interest in this develop? >> kim: i grew up here, later i became a writer. i discovered there were hundreds of stories. b...

Dont know what theyre saying. >> anthony: much like a lot of reggae his songs call out the socials ills that have been disproportionally visited on the afro-caribbean population. >> muhammed: i see bodies lying in the streets nations collapse in the midday lord i need to cool my head. theyre calling it a brave new world, freedom for brave new boys and girls. what good is freedom if youre dead. >> muhammed: if you look around my city right now a lot of people are choosing death over life because ...

This amazing? >> anthony: beirut. >> mario: yes like beirut. you know arak, would you like arak? >> anthony: with a little ice and some water would be perfect. >> mario: perfect, my drink of choice is grey goose with coconut water. >> anthony: the family story is not an uncommon one. the first members came here during the collapse of the ottoman empire arriving penniless. they worked their way up as textile merchants and branched out to run businesses that sell everything from medical equipment ...

500/600 years old. >> keegan: stick fighting variations occur throughout the caribbean but in trinidad and tobago its like deep in their blood. >> anthony: this martial art was illegal for many, many years yes? >> keegan: yeah. >> anthony: i mean certainly during slavery times it was illegal. >> rondel: to this date i believe there are still laws on our books that ban this stick and if youre caught with it you can go to jail. >> anthony: the laws of slavery times forced this sport underground. l...

Class, which was sort of a security in terms of any possible conflict between the haves and have nots. but now thats eroding and theyre getting poorer. so theyre starting to get angry. >> anthony: what do you think the biggest danger is right now? >> man in black shirt: civil commotion. >> anthony: civil commotion. >> man in black shirt: yeah, we have a crime problem, related only to gangs. >> mario: its a gang related warfare. >> anthony: it aint all good for everybody here, by a long shot. tri...

If had the choice, i would choose to live right back when calypso brought the news. no more reporters no anchormen, no recorder, no pad and pen. no nosey cameras to point and shoot no redding, talkers of the truth. >> anthony: many visitors come to trinidad for one thing, and one thing only -- carnival, which locals say is the biggest party on earth. the pre-lenten festival of costumes, food, copious drinking, and the kind of dancing you better be good at before trying it in public. its almost t...