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Thus begins the madness!!!! This is the final weekend before Carnival in Trinidad and Tobago and people doh sleep! Seriously! From Fantastic Friday to Las’ Lap on Carnival Tuesday, there is so much vibes and hype and things to do that….yeah….sleep is optional. Therefore by Ash Wednesday, things are kinda slow!
Between today, Fantastic Friday and Sunday, Dimanche Gras, there are the finals to all the major competitions – National Panorama Finals (Steel Pan), International Power and Groovy Soca Monarch Finals, Kiddies Carnival, King and Queen of the Bands and Calypso Monarch finals. Also, there are a plethora of fetes this weekend – Soca Brainwash Fete, Blue Range Cooler Fete, ANYA The Fete, Brian Lara All-Inclusive, D’Original Breakfast Party, Insomnia 2014 “The Ultimate Breakfast Party” and plenty plenty more!! There is also lots of other traditional mas and customs, most notably the Re-enactment of the 1881 Cambouley Riots on the Piccadilly Greens (street theatre by well-known local actors, chantwells, tambu-bambu and this is the early beginnings of Carnival as we know it) and the Parade of the Traditional Mas Characters (including Dame Lorraine, Burrokeets, Midnight Robber, Pierrot Grenades and Jab Molassies)
Some Cambouley pics!
Tambu Bambu in the background
Pierrot Grenade
Devil
Of course there is J’ouvert and pretty mas on Carnival Monday and Tuesday. Check out some photos from last year with Dirty Dozen J’ouvert!! Ah taste of J’ouvert!
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