Yasmin Brito - Panist - Women's Month - Their Voice, Their Life, Their Dreams, Their Passion, Their Story

 

Meet Yasmin Brito - Ontario, Canada

Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form

Yasmin Brito

“I can smile now but back then I was called every derogatory name in the book by the villagers, especially the elders. They would say “Girls should not be playing pan and especially with a band of only men.” One neighbor would always tell my mother... “Look at her long fingers, she should be playing the piano and not a pan”.” Yasmin Brito

Ontario, Canada -At 12 years old Yasmin Brito was playing pan in a steelband. And while the neighbors had less than kind things to say about this - she had fun. Much fun - made history by becoming one of the first of the firsts in the annals of pan - an unwitting trailblazer with memories and experiences that have lasted a lifetime.

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