Trinidat & Tobago Carnival

Carnival comes from the Latin “carne-vale”. In Tinidat and Tobago, Carnival is officially the two days before Ash Wednesday-starting at approximately 4am on Monday morning. But unofficially Carnival starts in-or even before-October of the year before, when the masquerade bands launch their presentations for the season; the music for the season is launched on the radio stations; the gyms are full with people getting in shape for their skimpy costumes, and the parties start to build up to the big day.
More and more people started to assemble at the venue at about half past three in the afternoon after some midday showers and a disappointing cricket match between the West Indies and Australia. Despite the loss of the West Indies team, this did not put a damper on the family lime.

As the evening progressed, those gathered engaged in several activities including some card playing, games of checkers and one of the highlights of the evening, a cricket
The last activity on the programme is live performances by the artistes. The artistes who performed on this fun-filled night are as follows: Trevor ‘Trevy’ Warner, Clyde ‘Clydee’ Pierre, Jalani Kojo, Nefta Kojo, Terry ‘Brother Rap’ Alleyne, Akil ‘Brother Akil’ Ayodele, Morrel ‘Luta’ Peters, Cuthbert ‘Typher’ Blackett, Yafeu ‘Rootsman’ Osei , Daniel ‘Trinidad Rio’ Brown, Ann Marie ‘Twiggy’ Parks-Kojo, Kenson ‘Ninja’ Neptune, Lutalo ‘Brother Resistance’ Masimba, Karega Mandela, Edwin ‘Crazy’ Ayong and local group Smoothe Kremnalz featuring Dillon ‘Face’ Bertrand, Stephen ‘Stevie’ Daniel and Richard ‘Kyat’ Pereira.
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