Shynel Brizan: “You have a special power when you are on stilts” | Own words
Two-time Queen of Carnival Shynel Brizan on how she got into stilt-walking and moko jumbie mas; balancing the demands of Carnival with motherhood; and the experience of winning her second title last year while four months pregnant — as told to Caroline Taylor
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”
A new year, a new Beat
Read or download the latest digital-only issue of Caribbean Beat magazine… and explore the latest edition of Wanderer, a new digital platform powered by Caribbean Beat!
Need to know | Event calendar (Jan/Feb 2021)
Make the most of January and February in the Caribbean — even during the time of COVID-19
Playlist (Jan/Feb 2021) | Music reviews
This month’s listening picks, with reviews of the latest by Jesse Ryan; Gonzalo Rubalcaba and Aymée Nuviola; and Teddyson John
The Carnival photo I can’t forget | Portfolio
February brings T&T’s annual Carnival, and 2021 — with the physical festival cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic — is a year to reminisce about Carnivals past. We asked three photographers — Jason C. Audain, Maria Nunes, and Shaun Rambaran — to choose one favourite image from their respective Carnival archives, and tell us the story behind it. As it turns out, the photos they chose all had something in common
Carnival is love | Backstory
T&T Carnival is tradition and originality, ritual and rebellion, the sacred and the profane — and a million love stories. Here are three of them, from Attillah Springer, Amanda Choo Quan, and Georgia Popplewell
