trinidad carnival

Trinidad and Tobago’s Carnival is not a newly-invented tourist festival: it is a deeply-rooted ritual that goes to the heart of the...

Culture, Festivals and Events, Trinidad and Tobago

By Garry Steckles ● Issue 5 (Spring 1993)

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...

Carnival in Trinidad and Tobago. Photography by Jason C. Audain

Embark, Travel, Trinidad and Tobago

By Caribbean Beat ● Issue 168 (January/February 2022)

Carnival in Trinidad & Tobago | Wish you were here (Jan/Feb 2022)

Postcards from the Caribbean’s most extraordinary places

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

Embark, Culture, Festivals and Events, Trinidad and Tobago

By Caribbean Beat ● Issue 155 (January/February 2019)

Carnival, Trinidad and Tobago | Wish you were here (Jan/Feb 2019)

Postcards from the Caribbean’s most extraordinary places

Culture, Travel, Festivals and Events, Lifestyle, Trinidad and Tobago

By Caribbean Beat ● Issue 65 (January/February 2004)

10 things to do in Trinidad after Carnival

So it’s Ash Wednesday, the day after Carnival Tuesday, and a high-pitched ringing in your ears has replaced the sound of loud soca music....

Trinidad Carnival. Photograph by Brian Weltman

Culture, Festivals and Events, Caribbean Diaspora

By Pat Ganase ● Issue 12 (Winter 1994)

Trinidad Mas: Carnival of the World

In Toronto, a vulture in a paratrooper’s jumpsuit, with wings of black cotton hung like washing on a bamboo pole, wearing a Gulf War...

Birds, from Wayne Berkeley’s Caribbean Revue at London’s Barbican. Photograph courtesy Wayne Berkeley

Culture, Arts, Festivals and Events, Trinidad and Tobago

By Debbie Jacob ● Issue 2 (Summer 1992)

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...

Arrive, Homepage Slider, Travel, Trinidad and Tobago

By Caribbean Beat ● Issue 169 (March/April 2022)

Trinidad & Tobago — home sweet home | Destination

This issue of Caribbean Beat marks the magazine’s thirtieth anniversary. Over the years, we’ve covered many amazing places across the region — but the islands of Trinidad and Tobago have always had a special place in our pages. Here are just a few glimpses of the natural beauty of our home country