Carnival Exam I Mas in Trinidad Tobago and Carnival in Rio de Janeiro Terms for Study Study all of the information associated with the terms below Music and Culture Terms Music Humanly organized sound Culture A people s way of life learned and transmitted through centuries The totality of socially transmitted behavior patterns arts beliefs Chordophone A stringed instrument Idiophone Any instrument whose material produces the sound itself Aerophone A wind instrument any instrument whose sound is produced or caused by the vibration of columns of air Electrophone An instrument dependent on an electric current for sound Membranophone An instrument whose sound is produced by striking a membrane which has been stretched over the open end of some object usually cylindrical Syncretization The mixing of the elements of two or more cultures Acculturation The process of learning the elements of the more dominant aggressive prominent and or popular culture ethnic group Enculturation The process of learning the ways of one s own culture or ethnic group Trinidad and Tobago J Ouvert and characteristics of it The official beginnings of Carnival after 2am Mas Camps Sections in small and large bands Small 4 to 5 sections Large 30 to 40 sections King and Queen of Bands description and costume size First King and Queen Competitions Since 1963 weight is up 200 lbs for men and 50 lbs for women lighter materials introduced First Mas Band competitions Best Band judged by judges at different points of parade awarded Band of Year Last Lap Last part where masqueraders head to their mas camps or 3am and firing of cannon Charecteristics spontanaiety lack of control least organized aspect of carnival closest remaining link to Ole Mass of post emancipation era where slaves ridiculed their plight by greasing bodies mud paint on ankles Pretty Mas Carnival Monday and Tuesday Well known large bands Lee Heung Wayne Berkeley Peter Minshall Edmund Hart Dimanche Gras Designers Wayne Barkeley and Peter Minshall Wayne Berkeley most successful six consecutive Band of the Year titles Peter Minshall rival of Wayne Berkeley challenges traditions of pretty mas broke Berkeley s run of six wins with controversial Hallelujah theme Kings and Queens Peter Samuels and Alyson Brown Peter Samuels one of great kings known for athleticism presence and dedication first won king in 1975 with Serpent and in 1982 portrayal by Peter Minshall of Sacred and the Profane Alyson Brown started as a child one of the great Queens portrayal of Tan Tan in Barcelona Olympics Significance of Carnival Monday Characters of Ole Mas Queens Park Savannah Abolition of Slavery in Trinidad dates Brazil Characteristics Qualitites of Brazilian music today Irmandades Intermarriage Amalgamation Miscegenation Candombl The six major orish s The Bateria Major instruments Favelas Carnaval creators participants fantasia carnavalesco puxador ala das baianas Sambodromo Pedro Alvares Cabral Samba Enredo Abolition of Slavery Masking syncretization Orishas dieties and Saints some examples Quilombos de Palmares and Zumbi significance and dates of invasion Black Orpheus 1959 Praca Onza and Tia Ciata Mestre Sala Major Domo and Porta Bandeira Flag bearer Process of selecting Samba Schools for the Parade Groups A and B Instruments brought to Brazil by the Portuguese Pelo Telefono