Topic Tag: carnival

Culture, United States, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago

Island Beat (September/October 2000)

UWI fete for Miami Carnival It’s official. The UWI fete is coming to Miami. This is a chance for Caribbean people in the United...

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Arrive, Culture, Travel, Lifestyle, Canada

Toronto: summer in the city

They may not have written any soulful ballads about it (yet) — but Toronto in summer is well worth singing about. For one thing, it’s...

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Embark, Festivals and Events

Caribbean Datebook (July/August 2015)

Don’t miss . . . Mango season It’s without debate the Caribbean’s favourite fruit, and across the islands the start of mango season...

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Festivals and Events, Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad Carnival — come turn yourself on

So you’ve come to Trinidad Carnival because you heard it is the world’s biggest street party? It has been touted as that and more: the...

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Embark, Festivals and Events

Caribbean datebook (May/June 2015)

Don’t miss . . . St Kitts Music Festival 25 to 27 June • Warner Park Stadium stkittsmusicfestival.net The Caribbean’s cultural...

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Culture, Festivals and Events

Island Beat (May/June 2001)

CAN’T MISS THIS Simon Lee on the Caribbean’s headline events of May and June It’s hard to get the dress code wrong in the Caribbean...

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Travel, Antigua and Barbuda

Perfect Antigua

The Arawaks called it Yarumaqui, the island of canoe-making. To the Caribs it was Wadadli, a name that survives in the excellent local...

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Culture, Travel, Festivals and Events, Trinidad and Tobago

A whiff of cashew nuts

Jeezanages! I must be cracking up. I’ve been on this island for too long. Cashew nuts roasting. I was sure that somebody nearby was...

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