Their Mas costumes were often based upon ... After emancipation in 1838, authorities in Trinidad and Tobago tried to suppress carnival’s dangerous energy, and between the 1860s and 1890s banned ...

costume competitions, and stick-fighting, a traditional dance-slash-martial art that's been carried on since Trinidad and Tobago's period of slavery. I've Been to Almost Every Caribbean Carnival ...

These are heavily influenced by immigrants from Trinidad and Tobago, reproducing parts of the carnivals they knew from home. There is also an Antigua and Barbuda carnival for Emancipation Day in ...

which is home to the Trinidad and Tobago Carnival, similarly moved away from the traditional elements of storytelling Mas costumes and now centres abstract versions of the past and showing more ...

“There is no place like Trinidad and Tobago, and this is where the mother of all Carnivals lives.” With those resolute words, National Carnival Commission (NCC) chairman Winston “Gypsy ...

Narayansingh is known for her diverse projects in Trinidad and Tobago. With a focus ... including costume design for Trinidad Carnival. She aims to create an inclusive urban fabric that resonates ...