Caribbean Carnival
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Caribbean Carnival is an event that takes place in many of the Caribbean islands annually. Caribbean Carnival features traditions and various aspects of culture which revolves around music and other festival events.
Not about Ferris Wheels, theme park rides, or other events that use the word "Carnival" the Caribbean's Carnivals all have several common themes based on folklore, culture, and religion.
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[edit] Old-Time Carnival characters
- Burrokeets
- Cow Bands
- Dame Lorraine
- Fancy Indians
- Jab Jab & Jab Molassie
- Midnight Robber
- Moko Jumbies
- Pierrot Grenade
[edit] Competitions
- Calypso Monarch
- Chutney Soca Monarch
- Soca Monarch
- Panorama
- Roadmarch
- Band of the Year
- Queen of the Bands
- King of the Bands
- Junior Carnival (Kiddies Carnival)
[edit] Music
[edit] Music Styles
- Cadence music
- Calypso
- Chutney
- Extempo / Sing Down
- Junkanoo
- Kaiso
- Kompa
- Parang
- Punta
- Ringbang
- Salsa
- Soca
- Spouge
- Steelpan
- Tuk
- Tumba
- Zouk
[edit] Local Carnivals
The following islands celebrate carnival; approximate dates are given for the concluding festivities on each island. (On some islands, most notably Trinidad and Tobago, the carnival season lasts for over a month, and the exact dates vary from year to year.)
- Anguilla (first week in August)
- Antigua and Barbuda (first week in August)
- Aruba (Monday and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday)
- Barbados (first Monday in August)
- Belize
- Bonaire (Monday and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday)
- Cayman Islands (after Ash Wednesday)
- Cuba
- Havana (end of July)
- Santiago de Cuba (end of July)
- Varadero (end of July)
- Curaçao (Monday and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday)
- Dominica (Monday and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday)
- Dominican Republic (late February)
- Grenada (early August)
- Guadeloupe (Monday and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday)
- Guyana
- Haiti (Monday and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday)
- Jamaica, (late March, early April)
- Martinique (Monday and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday)
- Puerto Rico (Monday and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday)
- Saba (early August)
- Saint-Barthélemy (Tuesday before Ash Wednesday)
- Saint Croix (first week in January)
- Saint John (July 4)
- Saint Lucia (July)
- Saint Kitts and Nevis (roughly New Year's Day)
- Saint-Martin (Monday and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday)
- Saint Thomas (last Friday and Saturday in April)
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (July, August)
- Sint Eustatius (early August)
- Sint Maarten (roughly a month after Easter)
- Trinidad and Tobago (Monday and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday)
[edit] International Caribbean Carnivals
[edit] Canada
- Ottawa, ON / "Caribe-Expo" - In the city of Ottawa in Ontario, Canada.
- Toronto, ON / "Caribana" - Drawing close to a million visitors to the city, Caribana is known as the best Caribbean carnival outside of Trinidad and Tobago.
[edit] Germany
[edit] United Kingdom
- Leicester, "Leicester Caribbean Carnival"
- London, "Notting Hill Carnival" - On Notting Hill located in London, England.
- Leeds, "Leeds West Indian Carnival"
[edit] United States
- Atlanta, GA - Last weekend in May, ususally falls on Memorial Day weekend
- Baltimore, MD -
- Boston, MA - Last Saturday in August, Dorchester, MA
- Cambridge, MA - Cambridge Carnival International, Last Sunday in August - Held in Kendall Square
- Houston, TX -
- Long Island, NY - Weekend before Labor Day Carnival - Held in Hempstead
- Miami, FL -
- New York, NY - Labor Day Carnival - Held in Brooklyn, along Eastern Parkway.
- Orlando, FL -
- Tacoma, WA - PLU campus Carnival, near Fat Tuesday
- Washington D.C. -
[edit] See also
- Caribbean
- List of islands in the Caribbean
- J'ouvert
- List of calypso musicians
- List of chutney musicians
- Soca musicians
- Antigua Carnival
[edit] External links
Categories: Caribbean | Carnival | Caribbean music | Calypso | Soca | Moko Jumbies | Zouk
