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They are easy to spot among the rush of colour of the Trinidad and Tobago Carnival, their bodies covered in blue and their screams and antics somehow both frightening and fun. They are blue devil ...

The great poet and novelist Wilson Harris died exactly one year ago. Or did he? Like one of his characters, Harris has come back. He has returned in the form of a band of moko jumbies — a motley crew ...

Every year around this time, I get a feeling of slow and steady anticipation — an excitement so tangible, I can close my eyes and instantly be transported to electric moments in Trinidad, Barbados, ...

Stepping into The Oasis on Carnival Tuesday was like slipping into a dream amid the exhilarating bliss of Trinidad Carnival. As someone experiencing Trinidad Carnival for the first time—despite both ...

I am about to do something sacrilegious: offer up reasons to not go to Trinidad for Carnival. Number one reason—well, the only reason: your bank account. The Caribbean’s biggest, brashest bacchanal, ...

Onika Henry, a licensed and trained sex educator, counselor and expressive arts teacher, combines her teachings to explore female sexuality and sensuality through Carnival.

The inaugural Epic Carnival Experience (ECE) promises an all-inclusive Trinidad Carnival experience that lives up to its name. After two years without Carnival due to COVID, Trinidad anticipates a ...

Gabrielle Hosein receives funding from the International Development Research Council (2010-2014) and the European Union (present). Trinidad and Tobago’s Carnival, which recently ended its 2017 ...

There is something utterly wrong about taking Trinidad Carnival—the Caribbean’s biggest, brashest street festival, staged annually just before Lent—and plopping it down where it simply has no business ...