Republished with the kind permission of Maximilian Forte, Review of the Indigenous Caribbean
Composed and performed by Melan Garcia
Transcribed by Maximilian Forte
The Caribs are a peaceful people
This is what we know.
And Arima is the home of Caribs
From many years ago
Long ago.
So look way back and I am sure that you will agree with me
That somewhere in your family you have Carib ancestry
Sing me with, now...
Santa Rosa
The feast that holds us all together.
Santa Rosa
Come sing you people from Arima.
Had it not been for the older folks
Then none of us would know
We won't know...
Santa Rosa was found by three men
In that village called Pinto
In Pinto.
The three men were Raimundo, Punyan, and Puyon.
So now you see, my people, this is history put in song.
Sing along, with:
Santa Rosa
The feast that holds us all together.
Santa Rosa
Come sing you people from Arima.
Yes, we learned too that the hunter went back
To where the Saint was found
And on that very spot they found her necklace and her crown
And her crown...
The crown was made with roses of colours real distinct
That is why we use the colours of red, yellow, white, and pink.
What you think was...
Santa Rosa
The feast that holds us all together.
Santa Rosa
Come sing you people of Arima.
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Filmed by Maximilian Forte in September, 2006, at the cannon on Calvary Hill in Arima. The filming was done in late afternoon just as the sun was setting, and the camera faces south, overlooking the centre of Arima.
Melan Garcia, a well known parrandero from Calvary Hill in Arima, Trinidad and Tobago, in the past played with Los Tocadores and Rebuscar.
For many years he served as an Arima Borough Councillor, representing Calvary Hill, for the People's National Movement. He is also tied to the Carib Community and has Indigenous ancestry.
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"Patria est communis omnium parens" - Our native land is the common parent of us all. Keep it beautiful, make it even more so.
Blessed is all of creation
Blessed be my beautiful people
Blessed be the day of our awakening
Blessed is my country
Blessed are her patient hills.
Mweh ka allay!
Guanaguanare
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