Festivals and Events

Music, Festivals and Events, Trinidad and Tobago

Going Ramayn in Trinidad

“Survival is the triumph of stubbornness, and spiritual stubbornness, a sublime stupidity, is what makes the occupation of poetry...

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Festivals and Events, Sports, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago

The Barcelona Olympics: Hunting Caribbean Gold

Ace cyclist Gene Samuel of Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaican sprinter Merlene Ottey are the Caribbean’s best medal prospects for the...

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Culture, Arts, Festivals and Events, Trinidad and Tobago

Wayne Berkeley: Trinidad’s King Carnival

Take a peek inside Wayne Berkeley‘s mas camp, famous throughout Trinidad and Tobago for its organisation and its wide variety of...

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Culture, Theatre and Dance, Festivals and Events, Barbados

Yarico: Staging slavery in 1999

Barbados: just beyond your imagination. The tourism slogan works by subtle provocation. We think we already know about the place —...

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Culture, Festivals and Events, Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad Carnival for Beginners

So you’re going to Carnival in Trinidad. You’ve been hearing about it for years, perhaps decades. You’re looking forward to taking...

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Culture, Festivals and Events, Sports, Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad & Tobago’s Great Race at 25

The Great Race can lay claim to being the longest-running offshore powerboat event in the world, having not missed a beat since it blasted...

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Culture, Festivals and Events, Barbados

Pick of the Crop: Barbados’ Crop Over

There’s an old Barbadian expression for walking the hot midday pavement, usually on a tedious mission: “slapping tar”....

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Culture, Music, Festivals and Events, Jamaica

Sunsplash: Reggae to Go

Sunsplash. Mention the word today and there’s an automatic prefix: reggae. The two go together like saltfish and ackee, Ramadhin and...

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