Gypsy calls for official funeral for Mighty Sparrow

To vet­er­an ca­lyp­son­ian Win­ston “Gyp­sy” Pe­ters, the Mighty Spar­row was one of the great­est ca­lyp­so­ni­ans to ever live, a cul­tur­al gi­ant whose lega­cy de­serves the same na­tion­al recog­ni­tion Ja­maica gave Bob Mar­ley.

But as Trinidad and To­ba­go mourns the death of Spar­row, the ques­tion is how a coun­try should ho­n­our a man whose voice car­ried its sto­ries, pol­i­tics and hu­mour far be­yond its shores.

Pe­ters, a for­mer arts and cul­ture min­is­ter, be­lieves that ho­n­our should be­gin with an of­fi­cial fu­ner­al.