Video still from Christophe Chassol’s “BIG SUN” (2014) in ‘EN MAS’: Carnival and Performance Art of the Caribbean’ at the Contemporary Arts Center New Orleans (all photos by the author for ...
The West Indian American Day Parade, with its intricate and colorful masquerade costumes, vibrant soca music, and vendors selling a tantalizing array of Caribbean dishes, attracts nearly two million ...
For many, Notting Hill Carnival is a chance to celebrate summer’s end during the U.K.’s final holiday weekend. For those within the Caribbean community, though, Carnival is a way of life all ...
The Labour Masquerade Society, a masquerade group in Tema has outline plans to host a Masquerade Carnival in Tema on the theme: “The Role of Labour Masquerade in 2021 Year of Return”. Mr. Ian Okwei, ...
The Takoradi Masquerade Carnival is one of the highlights of Christmas festivities in the Western Region. Thousands of people throng the major streets of the region’s capital adorned in their fanciful ...
For the first time since 2019, the biggest Carnival event outside Rio returned to the streets of Notting Hill in London, emerging from darkness in a flurry of color and revelry. For three days, ...