Need to know | Events calendar (Jan/Feb 2019)

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Essential info to help you make the most of January and February across the Caribbean — from jazz in Haiti to reggae month in Jamaica to a film festival in Barbados

Warpaint and feathers: a traditional fancy Indian, one of the characteristic masquerades of Trinidad and Tobago Carnival. Photo by Jason Audain

Beauty and the Beast | Panorama

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T&T Carnival may be the world’s greatest street party, but among the glamourous bikini bands and shimmering sequins, some traditional masquerades offer a defiant take on the darker side of our history

The young revellers of Kiddies’ Carnival portray some of the festival’s most elaborate visual fantasies with innocent enthusiasm. Photo by Jason Audain

Little Tobago | Bucket list

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A wildlife sanctuary off Tobago’s northeast coast, this tiny island has an unlikely history — and numerous seabirds

Little Tobago in the distance, behind Goat Island, off Tobago’s northeast coast. Photo by courtesy the Tobago House of Assembly

The plastic wars | Green

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Plastic pollution is a growing danger to the environment, to wildlife, and to ourselves. As Jamaica implements the first major plastics ban in the Caribbean, Erline Andrews learns about its possible impact — and pitfalls

Washed into the ocean, plastic bags can be mistaken by sea turtles for jellyfish, part of their regular diet. Photo by Rich Carey / Shutterstock.com
Warpaint and feathers: a traditional fancy Indian, one of the characteristic masquerades of Trinidad and Tobago Carnival. Photo by Jason Audain
The young revellers of Kiddies’ Carnival portray some of the festival’s most elaborate visual fantasies with innocent enthusiasm. Photo by Jason Audain
Little Tobago in the distance, behind Goat Island, off Tobago’s northeast coast. Photo by courtesy the Tobago House of Assembly
Washed into the ocean, plastic bags can be mistaken by sea turtles for jellyfish, part of their regular diet. Photo by Rich Carey / Shutterstock.com
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Dennery Style | Backstory

If you have ears to listen at Carnival time, you’ve heard Dennery Segment, even if you don’t know the name. Laura Dowrich explores the roots of the soca genre originating in a small village in St Lucia

immerse Lashley “Motto” Winter. Photo courtesy Motto
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Saved by microbes | Discover

Trinidadian microbiologist Adesh Ramsubhag is a pioneer in researching potentially revolutionary uses of the Caribbean’s native microorganisms, writes Raymond Ramcharitar

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