ar­ni­val has of­fi­cial­ly de­scend­ed on the So­ca King­dom.

For the first time in three years Tribe was able to host a band launch.

And they did so with style.

With four events in three days, Tribe held its Sun­setWkn.

The three-day launch kicked off on Fri­day with the Carib Sun­set The­atre.

The event which start­ed at 7 pm was dubbed “The Launch of Car­ni­val 2023.”

There were var­i­ous ac­tiv­i­ties, in­clud­ing sev­en cul­tur­al dis­plays show­cas­ing the many tra­di­tions of T&T.

The May­or of Port-of-Spain, Joel Mar­tinez al­so of­fi­cial­ly pre­sent­ed the Keys To The City of Port-of-Spain to Machel Mon­tano.

The sec­ond day of events, Sat­ur­day, start­ed at 7am with sunSWEAT a fit­ness fete held at the Hase­ly Craw­ford Sta­di­um’s Train­ing Ground.

So­ca artiste Preedy (Akeem Chance) per­formed at that event.

On Sat­ur­day evening the Tribe Fam­i­ly of Bands launched at the Jean Pierre Com­plex at 6 pm. The event fea­tured the six bands that make up the Tribe Fam­i­ly on Bands- Tribe, Bliss, Lost Tribe, Harts, Rogue and Pure.

A costume from the band Bliss.

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Solange Govia, a cos­tume de­sign­er who cre­at­ed sev­en sec­tions for Trinidad Car­ni­val 2023—Sol­mani for Harts, Nyan­ga for Bliss, Pow­er for The Lost Tribe, Trin­i­ty for Rogue, As­te­r­ia for Harts, Saber for Bliss and Magna Car­ta for Tribe—ex­pressed her plea­sure at the re­turn of the band launch sea­son.

“Af­ter two years, there was def­i­nite­ly a lot of built-up emo­tions and cre­ativ­i­ty with no out­let to ex­press them ar­tis­ti­cal­ly. Com­ing out of the Band­launch, I feel proud of each and every de­sign that I’ve cre­at­ed, and to ex­pe­ri­ence the spir­it of col­lab­o­ra­tion that Car­ni­val re­al­ly brings to the fore­front for a lot of us who are tied to the in­dus­try as pro­fes­sion­als,” Govia told Guardian Me­dia.

“De­sign­ing is what I was born to do, and I al­ways ap­pre­ci­ate the op­por­tu­ni­ty to con­nect with my mas­quer­aders in such a per­son­al, cul­tur­al­ly hon­est way. This sea­son is very spe­cial, and I’m so hap­py to be back out and cre­at­ing—I feel the love from every­one and I am eter­nal­ly grate­ful,” she said.

The week­end end­ed with Las Jam Car­ni­val which was held at the Hase­ly Craw­ford Sta­di­um and fea­tured chore­og­ra­phy from Brid­gette Wil­son.

Tribe’s CEO Dean Ackin stat­ed that the Sun­setWkn will “not on­ly be spec­tac­u­lar but how we take Car­ni­val in the fu­ture.”

A model displays a costume from the band Bliss during the Sunset WKN Tribe band launch at the Hasely Crawford Stadium.

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A model takes to the stage in costume during the Tribe band launch at the Hasely Crawford Stadium Saturday.

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A costume from the band The Lost Tribe

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A costume from the band The Lost Tribe.

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Models display costumes from the band Rogue during the SunsetWkn Tribe band launch at the Hasely Crawford Stadium on Saturday.

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A costume from the band Bliss.

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