Carnival in Trinidad & Tobago | Wish you were here (Jan/Feb 2022)
Postcards from the Caribbean’s most extraordinary places
Trinidad Carnival is love | Backstory
This year’s Trinidad Carnival season is once again a time of uncertainty, thanks to the ongoing pandemic. But while lovers of the festival dream of spectacular Carnivals to come, they also cherish memories of Carnivals past. Janine Mendes-Franco, Mark Lyndersay, Laura Dowrich, and Caroline Taylor share their treasured Carnival memories in this year’s instalment of “Carnival is love”
Maria Nuitter Espinal: “We want to keep the tradition alive” | Own words
Venezuelan Burroquite performer Maria Nuitter Espinal on keeping this traditional masquerade alive in her home country, and bringing it into Trinidad Carnival — as told to Raquel Vasquez La Roche
Ready to go | Round trip
The start of a new year is a chance to imagine future travel plans — and after two pandemic years, we’re all ready for a break! Are you thinking of a quick weekend getaway, a week of relaxation, or an even longer escape? Here are six itineraries from across Caribbean Airlines’ regional network
Pigeon Point, Tobago | Wish you were here (Nov/Dec 2021)
Postcards from the Caribbean’s most extraordinary places
Where Next? | Bucket list
After almost two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, who doesn’t want a break? Here at Caribbean Beat, we feel just the same. As 2021 draws to a close, and we look forward to the year ahead, members of the magazine team tell us what place in the Caribbean they’d love to visit for the first time, and why
Alana Rajah: devoted to the dance | Backstory
Originating in south India almost two thousand years ago, Bharatanatyam, a major classical dance form, is little known in Trinidad, where most Indian cultural traditions are rooted in the north of the subcontinent. Alana Rajah has set out to change that. Trained at the Kalakshetra school in Chennai, her goal is to establish Bharatanatyam in her home country — adapting and improvising as needed. Sharda Patasar learns more
Canisia Lubrin: in the light of language | Closeup
Few Caribbean poets have enjoyed critical acclaim as sudden and early as St Lucia-born Canisia Lubrin. Her sophomore book The Dyzgraphxst has won a slew of awards, but, as Shivanee Ramlochan learns, Lubrin’s concern is not with the spotlight of fame, but with the luminous possibilities of language itself
