In the lead-up to Carnival, one of the best places to experience T&T’s mas traditions is The Old Yard, a popular performance showcase hosted annually by the University of the West Indies’ Department of Creative and Festival Arts. There you'll find Midnight Robbers, fancy sailors, Dame Lorraines, and enough troops of devils to set your heart racing with their bloodcurdling cries and menacing dance — like these young members of the Jab-A-Mien devil band. Photo by Jason Audain
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