Touloulou

Touloulous in the Cayenne streets in 2007

The Touloulou is the most famous of the characters of the Guianan carnival.

Description

The touloulou is the queen of the carnival. It is a lady elegantly dressed from head to toe. They are normally women without an ounce of skin showing. She wears a petticoat, a balaclava, a Domino mask and long gloves. In order not to be recognized, women go so far as to put colored lenses, wigs and camouflage their voices.[1] They do not wear their usual perfume, buy pairs of shoes for the occasion that they will not return and do not move with their vehicle to remain anonymous. They parade in the street and participate in masked balls.

In the nightclubs, renamed occasionally "universities", it is the touloulous who invite men to dance. They can not refuse.

Origin

This character represents the bourgeois women of the 19th-century, dressed in their heads to the feet.

References

  1. ↑ "Colored lenses, wigs and Camouflage Voices". Retrieved 2017-08-29.

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