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Wednesday, May 14, 2025

Carnival

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Jouvert bandleader Anthony Charles speaks at the post-mortem of Carnival 2023 held at the San Fernando City Hall auditorium last Wednesday.

Jouvert bandleader Anthony Charles speaks at the post-mortem of Carnival 2023 held at the San Fernando City Hall auditorium last Wednesday.

KRISTIAN DE SILVA

Possible new route in South for Carnival 2024

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Radhica De Silva
Fri Mar 03 2023
Chef Finbar "Barry" Bartholomew

Chef Finbar "Barry" Bartholomew

Barry Finbar Bartholomew/FACEBOOK

Nicki Minaj praises local chef's 'sweet hand'

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CHARLES KONG SOO
Sun Feb 26 2023
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Tribe Ignite Mastercard

Tribe Ignite Sponsored by Mastercard in photos

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Fri Feb 24 2023
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Tribe Ignite Mastercard

Tribe Ignite Sponsored by Mastercard in photos

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Fri Feb 24 2023
A masquerader from The Lost Tribe presentation of Is We at the Queen’s Park Savannah, Port-of-Spain during the Parade of Bands on Carnival Tuesday.

A masquerader from The Lost Tribe presentation of Is We at the Queen’s Park Savannah, Port-of-Spain during the Parade of Bands on Carnival Tuesday.

MARIELA BRUZUAL

Lost Tribe is NCC's Band of the Year Winner 2023

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Kejan Haynes
Thu Feb 23 2023
A screenshot from the official music video of Bunji Garlin's "Hard Fete", the winner of the 2023 Road March. [Image courtesy BadBeagle Tube via YouTube]

A screenshot from the official music video of Bunji Garlin's "Hard Fete", the winner of the 2023 Road March. [Image courtesy BadBeagle Tube via YouTube]

Bunji Garlin grabs second Road March title

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KEJAN HAYNES
Wed Feb 22 2023
Road March contender, Nailah Blackman, performing her hit "Come Home", with the Lost Tribe band, on Carnival Tuesday, February 21. [Image by Shirley Bahadur]

Road March contender, Nailah Blackman, performing her hit "Come Home", with the Lost Tribe band, on Carnival Tuesday, February 21. [Image by Shirley Bahadur]

TUCO: Road March is ‘Visit Trinidad Road March’

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Tue Feb 21 2023
The Krewe of Orpheus rolls through New Orleans the night before Mardi Gras, known as Lundi Gras, Monday, Feb. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Dorthy Ray)

The Krewe of Orpheus rolls through New Orleans the night before Mardi Gras, known as Lundi Gras, Monday, Feb. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Dorthy Ray)

Mardi Gras brings joy - but also worry over violent crime

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Tue Feb 21 2023
Moruga residents and their children get ready for the Parade of Bands on Tuesday at Gran Chemin Grounds in Moruga. [Photos courtesy by Eric Lewis]

Moruga residents and their children get ready for the Parade of Bands on Tuesday at Gran Chemin Grounds in Moruga. [Photos courtesy by Eric Lewis]

Despite tough times... Biggest brightest Carnival in Moruga

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RADHICA DE SILVA
Tue Feb 21 2023
No Monday night mas in Fyzabad. [Photo courtesy Banton OG via Facebook]

No Monday night mas in Fyzabad. [Photo courtesy Banton OG via Facebook]

Carnival revelry in Cedros, Mayaro and Moruga… but Fyzabad desolate

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RADHICA DE SILVA
Tue Feb 21 2023
Bunji Garlin performing his song "Hard Fete" at the final night of Eyeslam Concert series on Ariapita Avenue in Port-of-Spain.

Bunji Garlin performing his song "Hard Fete" at the final night of Eyeslam Concert series on Ariapita Avenue in Port-of-Spain.

WENDELL BESS

Bunji's "Hard Fete" slightly ahead of popular "Come Home" on the road

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Tue Feb 21 2023
Masqueraders from Massy Trinidad All Stars Steel Orchestra's "Fleets in Adrenaline City" as they cross the South Quay stage during the Parade of Bands yesterday.

Masqueraders from Massy Trinidad All Stars Steel Orchestra's "Fleets in Adrenaline City" as they cross the South Quay stage during the Parade of Bands yesterday.

SHIRLEY BAHADUR

Slow day at Savannah, but North revellers have a time

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Tue Feb 21 2023
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presentation, On Tour at the International Waterfront Centre, Port-of-Spain, on Saturday night.

presentation, On Tour at the International Waterfront Centre, Port-of-Spain, on Saturday night.

Overtime Media

YUMA turns up the heat at band launch

“Skin en­hance­ments” is the term one ma­ture pa­tron used to de­scribe the slate of sleek, sexy, and “ul­tra-re­veal­ing” cos­tumes pre­sent­ed by mas band YU­MA (Young + Up­ward­ly Mo­bile Adults) at the launch of their 2024 pre­sen­ta­tion, “On Tour” on Sat­ur­day night.

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Nigel Telesford
Mon Jul 10 2023
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Fri May 12 2023
Jouvert bandleader Anthony Charles speaks at the post-mortem of Carnival 2023 held at the San Fernando City Hall auditorium last Wednesday.

Jouvert bandleader Anthony Charles speaks at the post-mortem of Carnival 2023 held at the San Fernando City Hall auditorium last Wednesday.

KRISTIAN DE SILVA

Possible new route in South for Carnival 2024

The post-mortem on San Fer­nan­do's dy­ing Car­ni­val took place at the San Fer­nan­do City Hall au­di­to­ri­um on Wednes­day night and was at­tend­ed by a hand­ful of stake­hold­ers who called for more con­sul­ta­tion, bet­ter routes and prop­er judg­ing cri­te­ria for next year's Car­ni­val.

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Radhica De Silva
Fri Mar 03 2023
Chef Finbar "Barry" Bartholomew

Chef Finbar "Barry" Bartholomew

Barry Finbar Bartholomew/FACEBOOK

Nicki Minaj praises local chef's 'sweet hand'


Lo­cal chef Fin­bar “Bar­ry” Bartholomew showed Nic­ki Mi­naj his "sweet hand" for Car­ni­val.

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CHARLES KONG SOO
Sun Feb 26 2023
Tribe Ignite Mastercard

Tribe Ignite Mastercard

Tribe Ignite Sponsored by Mastercard in photos

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Fri Feb 24 2023
Tribe Ignite Mastercard

Tribe Ignite Mastercard

Tribe Ignite Sponsored by Mastercard in photos

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Fri Feb 24 2023
A masquerader from The Lost Tribe presentation of Is We at the Queen’s Park Savannah, Port-of-Spain during the Parade of Bands on Carnival Tuesday.

A masquerader from The Lost Tribe presentation of Is We at the Queen’s Park Savannah, Port-of-Spain during the Parade of Bands on Carnival Tuesday.

MARIELA BRUZUAL

Lost Tribe is NCC's Band of the Year Winner 2023

Lost Tribe won with its pre­sen­ta­tion 202WE beat­ing Down­town Band of the Year Win­ners Ron­nie and Caro.

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Kejan Haynes
Thu Feb 23 2023
A screenshot from the official music video of Bunji Garlin's "Hard Fete", the winner of the 2023 Road March. [Image courtesy BadBeagle Tube via YouTube]

A screenshot from the official music video of Bunji Garlin's "Hard Fete", the winner of the 2023 Road March. [Image courtesy BadBeagle Tube via YouTube]

Bunji Garlin grabs second Road March title

Bun­ji Gar­lin's "Hard Fete"—of­fi­cial­ly cred­it­ed to Bun­ji Gar­lin and Fay-Ann Lyons—was played 135 times at judg­ing points.

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KEJAN HAYNES
Wed Feb 22 2023
Road March contender, Nailah Blackman, performing her hit "Come Home", with the Lost Tribe band, on Carnival Tuesday, February 21. [Image by Shirley Bahadur]

Road March contender, Nailah Blackman, performing her hit "Come Home", with the Lost Tribe band, on Carnival Tuesday, February 21. [Image by Shirley Bahadur]

TUCO: Road March is ‘Visit Trinidad Road March’

The Vis­it Trinidad Road March com­pe­ti­tion is on with con­tenders such as Bun­ji Gar­lin, Nailah Black­man and Skin­ny Fab­u­lous, Machel Mon­tano and Olan­tun­ji, the Trin­ba­go Uni­fied Ca­lyp­so­ni­ans’ Or­ga­ni­za­tion (TU­CO) has con­firmed.

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Tue Feb 21 2023
The Krewe of Orpheus rolls through New Orleans the night before Mardi Gras, known as Lundi Gras, Monday, Feb. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Dorthy Ray)

The Krewe of Orpheus rolls through New Orleans the night before Mardi Gras, known as Lundi Gras, Monday, Feb. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Dorthy Ray)

Mardi Gras brings joy - but also worry over violent crime

New Or­leans’ an­nu­al Car­ni­val sea­son en­tered its ebul­lient crescen­do Tues­day with thou­sands of rev­ellers gath­er­ing in the French Quar­ter and lin­ing miles of pa­rade routes in a city­wide Mar­di Gras cel­e­bra­tion un­der­pinned this year by vi­o­lent crime con­cerns and po­lit­i­cal tur­moil.

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Tue Feb 21 2023
Moruga residents and their children get ready for the Parade of Bands on Tuesday at Gran Chemin Grounds in Moruga. [Photos courtesy by Eric Lewis]

Moruga residents and their children get ready for the Parade of Bands on Tuesday at Gran Chemin Grounds in Moruga. [Photos courtesy by Eric Lewis]

Despite tough times... Biggest brightest Carnival in Moruga

Even though they had lit­tle cor­po­rate sup­port and lim­it­ed funds from the Na­tion­al Car­ni­val Com­mis­sion, Moru­ga res­i­dents came to­geth­er to host one of the "biggest, bright­est" Car­ni­val cel­e­bra­tions the com­mu­ni­ty has ever seen.

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RADHICA DE SILVA
Tue Feb 21 2023
No Monday night mas in Fyzabad. [Photo courtesy Banton OG via Facebook]

No Monday night mas in Fyzabad. [Photo courtesy Banton OG via Facebook]

Carnival revelry in Cedros, Mayaro and Moruga… but Fyzabad desolate

For the first time in his­to­ry, Fyz­abad—the bustling oil town which birthed the labour ri­ots—went dead on Car­ni­val Mon­day and Tues­day.

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RADHICA DE SILVA
Tue Feb 21 2023
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