The countdown would not be complete without the Panorama steel pan band competition; Dimanche Gras (Big Sunday), where masquerade designers showcase intricately designed costumes that often weigh ...

Performers at Miami launch on Friday, October 6 2023 for Trinidad and Tobago Carnival 2024. The twin-island nation is asking its diaspora to “Come back home,” for carnival next year as part of ...

Revellers covered in paint during J'Ouvert, the ritual that opens Trinidad and Tobago Carnival. Photo by Harsh1.0 on Flickr, CC BY-NC 2.0. There's a reason the words “Carnival” and “bacchanal” rhyme: ...

Trinidad and Tobago’s carnival is the largest in the Caribbean. A humble tradition blossomed into a magnetic ritual that draws the diaspora home, and costuming is at the root of the spectacle ...

Continuing from where the first part of our Trinidad and Tobago Carnival 2023 playlist left off, the tunes that comprise the rest of our super soca picks are a diverse mix of Road March contenders and ...

Carnival was put on hold for two years thanks to COVID-19, but it returned with a bang. News editor Melissa Noel discusses her experience with– and the money behind– the “Greatest Show On ...

A black beret and a faux-leather holster finished the costume. “We had to be more outstanding than last year,” Sobion says of his Trinidad Carnival 2024 efforts.