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The Midnight Robber also carries a gun and coffin in either hand. [14] The gun, which would be fake, is used to scare bystanders into placing money into the coffin. [40] The Midnight Robber may sometimes be a part of a raiders band, but he is mostly a sole masquerader. [40]
Midnight Robber – A storytelling character who brags about himself and his valor. [57] The character and costume is influenced by West African dress and storytelling [58] [59] as well as the American Wild West. [60] The character wears an oversized hat, which comes in different shapes and colors. [60]
The daytime of Carnival Monday and Tuesday are dominated by costumed masqueraders. Until World War II, most of these masqueraders portrayed traditional African influenced characters including the Midnight Robber, Police and Thief, Wild-American Indian, Bat', and Jab Mola individuals gave way to organized bands, which today can include thousands of masqueraders.
"Douen" is used to describe a sentient species on another planet in Nalo Hopkinson's novel Midnight Robber (Warner Aspect, 2000). The human characters explain that, on foreign planets, douen is used as a threat to frighten children: that these creatures are dead children arisen from the grave.
The "Haggler after Midnight" is “typically after cash or electronics,” police shared with NBC 4 New York. An award is being offered to help find the suspect and lead to his arrest, per the outlet.
Midnight Robber was nominated for a Hugo Award and shortlisted for the Nebula Award, the Tiptree Award, and the Sunburst Award. [4] [5]Gary K. Wolfe praised Midnight Robber, characterizing it as "an inventive amalgam of rural folklore and advanced technology" and commending Hopkinson's distinctive narrative voice, which "reminds us that most of the world does not speak contemporary American ...
The band was formed as a result of Lyle and McEwan meeting during a co-writing workshop in 2012 in North Hollywood, CA. [2] [3] Inspired in part by the score for Drive, and the retro synth genre growing around its release, [3] the pair wrote two singles, "WeMoveForward" and "Gloria", that would be released two years later in 2014 as part of their debut EP titled Days of Thunder.
The second wave occurred in the late 1970s with Cheryl Byron who was the first woman to perform this brand of music in calypso tents, and mushroomed in the early '80s with the work of Brother Resistance and the Network Rhythm Band, alongside other artists such as Brother Cetewayo and Brother Book. This wave mainstreamed rapso music in Trinidad ...