This year's festival will see participants wearing iconic carnival costume pieces from over the last 50 years Preparations are underway for a city's 50th Caribbean carnival celebrating all things ...

Carnival is something you have to experience for yourself. From dancing to Soca and Calypso to dressing up in intricate and ...

Both Payne and Carwile said there are a lot of similarities between the Mummers and Caribbean carnival traditions. “It is amazing how similar what they do is to what we do,” Carwile said. “They build ...

But in parts of the Caribbean, Carnival—known as Carnaval in Brazil ... against a backdrop of pulsating pageantry and parody. Costumes and songs provide social commentary and political critique.

“When Carnival first started, there were big large-scale costumes, technical sculpture ... sourced from China as there is a scarcity of Caribbean shops selling these items.

Hughbon is a carnival veteran who has been designing costumes for almost 50 years ... for homesickness for those who came over from the Caribbean.