From the barrack yards of
port of spain to the world
Kambule - The Ritual enactment of the Canboulay Riots is a play written and directed by Eintou Pearl Springer. The 1881 Canboulay Riots was an event that happened in the early hours of Carnival Monday that changed the way Carnival was celebrated in Trinidad.
Kambule pays respect to generations of people who fought for the right to their cultural expression. Many of the characters we celebrate today as ‘Traditional Mas’ emerged out of the jamette yards of Port of Spain and reflect a fusing of ancestral mas memory with the needs of the Carnival at the time.
Songs of Kambule
Songs of Kambule is an album that carries those voices forward — original music rooted in the rhythms, languages, and spiritual foundations of that moment, brought alive for today's generation.
"The Songs of Kambule project is the next step in Idakeda’s efforts to archive marginalised and underrepresented Carnival traditions - the singing of lavways, the creation of kaisos, the chanting of ancestral songs all of which are important sites of memorialisation and valourisation of our people."
— DARA HEALY, FOUNDER/CEO, IDAKEDA GROUP
Playwright and Poet Laureate Eintou Pearl Springer first imagined Kambule as a play performed at 4am every Carnival Friday morning at the site of the original riots — a living memorial to those who fought so Carnival could survive.
Songs of Kambule takes that spirit into the recording studio, creating an enduring musical legacy for communities in Trinidad, the Caribbean, and beyond.
This is a call to everyone who believes our stories, our rhythms, and our heritage deserve to live.
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