Early this morning my neighbor got back from spending the holidays with her family in the States.
We hung out at her place tonight, noshing on hummus, drinking Shandy's, and swapping life stories. A very good night, especially after the last two weeks of solitary confinement.
Today's Trinidad Definitions:
Wine - "to dance by rotating hips and bottom in an erotic manner". Essentially, from my American viewpoint, "wining" is dry humping on the dance floor. Or out in the middle of the street during Carnival. And apparently your "wining bone" is what allows you to "move with suitable sensuality".
Jouvert (pronounced "joo-vay") - a party that marks the official start to Carnival. There is music and dancing in the streets, and people smear themselves in paint, mud or oil, in remembrance of the time in the country's history when people had to practice their religious celebrations in secret, and had to cover themselves in paint or oil to avoid being recognized.
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