Carnival!

Nowhere else in the world can you experience a two-day-long street party that looks anything like this! I live from carnival to carnival and I’m convinced that this big ole street party is THE reason why I had to end up here in lovely Trinidad.

Yes my dears, I was born to play mas–and that’s exactly what I did at Carnival 2010! I donned the feathers and the sunblock and hit the streets–read all about.

So, what is this party all about? Let me show you the bacchanal–as seen at Trinidad Carnival Tuesday 2009…

And Trinidad Carnival Tuesday 2010…

Doesn’t that make you want to book your plane ticket to Trinidad?

Please note: I do not have any links, official or otherwise, to any carnival band. I am not a committee member nor can I provide information as to sizes or costumes available—if you need that information, please contact the band/s directly. All opinions about costumes and bands posted on this blog are solely my own. I am not paid by bands to write reviews and I do not give my reviews to any band for approval before I publish any carnival-related post.

In which i Shook My tailfeather

Carnival Monarchs–Soca, Calypso, and Kings

By Laura Georgina on February 20, 2012

The closest I've come to carnival anything this year involved going to a panyard. Unless you count hearing three fetes going down near my house, that makes a grand total of ONE single, solitary carnival event. It's OK, though; my carnival mojo never appeared this year, partly because I know that it couldn't appear. I'm ...

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On Sitting This Carnival Season Out

By Laura Georgina on February 7, 2012

Last year, I painted these: This year, I painted this: It's Miss Young Money's room, hence the lack of glitter and spray paint. (She's too young for gold sparkles, ...

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Three Things That Irk Me About Carnival Band Websites

By Laura Georgina on August 20, 2011

This morning, I sat down with my breakfast and my laptop for a pleasure I'd saved up all week. I was going to check out all the band sites and check out the costumes in detail. I could barely make my breakfast fast enough--that's how excited I was about this. And then I sat down to ...

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On Island People And Their Return To The Drawing Board

By Laura Georgina on August 17, 2011

So my carnival mojo isn't back yet. I'm waiting for the feather dreams to come back, and my band launch count remains at zero. However, I'm beginning to itch for a mas camp visit or five, and I've watched a few band launches on TriniScene, so I'm taking that as a good sign (namely, that I ...

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The Grinch Who Stole My Carnival Spirit

By Laura Georgina on August 9, 2011

Actually, I haven't found the Grinch who stole my Carnival spirit--but I'm looking. At this time last year, I was buzzing over band launches, comparing the relative merits of one costume against another, picturing myself in different costumes, scoping makeup ideas, and generally being unbearable to everyone around me about all things Carnival. This year, say the ...

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The Carnival Post Mortem: The Carnival Improvement Plan

By Laura Georgina on March 18, 2011

I survived Carnival...but, most importantly, I survived Operation: Carnival Booty. I devised this plan when, upon returning from my mother's cake-filled house at Christmas and taking a look at my smushy self after the half-marathon, I realized that drastic toning measures were in order. Cue five sessions of hard cardio each week, two sessions of ...

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