As the count­down to Car­ni­val in­ten­si­fies, Pas­sage to Asia is set­ting the tone for the sea­son with not one, but two high-en­er­gy, ul­tra-pre­mi­um events that promise mu­sic, in­dul­gence, and sig­na­ture flair.

Chief ex­ec­u­tive of­fi­cer of Pas­sage to Asia, Dipc­hand Per­sad, told Guardian Me­dia that the brand will mark its 14th an­niver­sary with its flag­ship all-in­clu­sive fete on Feb­ru­ary 1 at the Mo­ka Golf Club, Mar­aval. The cel­e­bra­tion will fea­ture an im­pres­sive cast of per­form­ers, in­clud­ing Ray­mond Ram­nar­ine and Dil-e-Nadan, Nailah Black­man and Michael Te­ja—artistes known for de­liv­er­ing crowd-pleas­ing per­for­mances and au­then­tic Car­ni­val vibes.

Per­sad re­flect­ed on the evo­lu­tion of the fete, which first be­gan in 2014 at the Trinidad Hilton be­fore mov­ing across sev­er­al venues over the years. In 2023, the event found what Per­sad be­lieves could be its per­ma­nent home at the Mo­ka Golf Club carpark, where it was warm­ly re­ceived by pa­trons and crit­ics alike.

Build­ing on that mo­men­tum, Pas­sage to Asia will stage its sec­ond ma­jor event, Mo­ka Ex­treme, on Car­ni­val Sun­day at the same venue. That fete boasts a pow­er­house line­up fea­tur­ing Bun­ji Gar­lin, Fay Ann Lyons, Ravi B, Kar­ma, Iw­er George and Nailah Black­man, en­sur­ing a night packed with so­ca, chut­ney and high-oc­tane per­for­mances.

With its care­ful­ly cu­rat­ed en­ter­tain­ment and all-in­clu­sive lux­u­ry, Pas­sage to Asia con­tin­ues to ce­ment its place as a must-at­tend ex­pe­ri­ence on the Car­ni­val cal­en­dar. —Shas­tri Boodan