Recent research by Sergio Luiz de Souza Vieira shows that Maculele is an
indigenous manifestation, a ritual to express homosexuality among the natives,
not a fight. …
Day: February 16, 2009
Kalinda (Stickfighting) [National Library and Information System Authority of Trinidad and Tobago]
Read about Kalinda here on the website for National Library and Information
System Authority of Trinidad and Tobago …
Calinda (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
Though it is more commonly practiced as a dance because of the violent outcome
of stick fighting, its roots are still that of a martial art originating from
Africa, and stick fights still occur in the remoter parts of Trinidad …
TRINIDAD’S KALINDA STICKFIGHTS
The aim of each stick fighter was to deliver a blow that would hit the opponent
on the body – any part above the waist – hard enough to fell him to the ground.
Blows were usually aimed at the head and damage to the skull was a very common
occurrence in stick fighting. …