A masquerader perspective on the carnival experience
Happy Tuesday! It seems as if 2016 is flying or the short Trinidad carnival season is applicable to almost all other carnivals as well. With Jamaica Carnival well underway with sold out costumes and hotels, the summer carnivals are the next up in regards to large carnivals. Caribana is an all time favorite of the […]
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Happy Wednesday World! It’s been two weeks since our Carnival high on the road and we here at Global Carnivalist would love reflect. Carnival Monday is by far our favorite day and we saw so many sexy and creative monday wear fits. Carnival Monday used to be known as the casual day masqueraders could wear […]
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REGISTRATION Yuma registration was fairly easy. Global Carnivalist, the concierge service that I used had a special relationship with committee members of Yuma. It took about 2 weeks for me to be fully registered. Global Carnivalist handled the payment, and all other transactions with Yuma directly. COMMUNICATION The band adds you to their mailing list from the […]
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In short, walking the walk. Year after year I’ve caught heat and criticism from family, friends and my peers for giving everyone else’s carnival shine but my own. You name the carnival and I’ve most likely participated once, twice. You can even accuse me of being an every year offender to some. These Carnivals, each with its […]
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2016 is upon us and for the organized bunch, I’m sure you would like to get ahead on your planning for Jamaica Carnival 2016. As we mentioned in April 2015, there are several reasons why you should attend Jamaica Carnival, affordability and fun are two reasons. Jamaica Carnival 2016 are on the following dates: March […]
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REGISTRATION The registration for Hysteria Mas was very easy and user friendly. I was able to register directly with a committee member and was able to modify the body wear portion of the costume to my comfort. Different payment options were given by the committee member, one of which included an emailed invoice outlining the […]
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The time of our lives we spent the WHOLE year waiting for – came… impressed us and went. (damn). And so now it’s time to reflect. What were the best parties? The baddest tunes and bess band! The Global Carnivalist crew touched down on Thursday night (rather late for the carnival season) but AM Beach […]
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One of the first band launches for the new year – Jamaica Carnival launches Bacchanal Jamaica for the season. Jamaica Carnival has been growing as a carnival destination and should definitely not be overlooked. If you’re looking for a great and affordable carnival — this one is one for the books. Check out their […]
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Erica Fortuno of St.Maarteen and e360 Productionz launched their presentation Xscape on December 11 for Carnival 2016. Known as a troupe in St.Maarten, E360 kicked off the carnival season to the public Have you played mas in St.Maarteen before? How was it? Should it be added to our must attend list? Maybe St.Maarteen will make […]
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Greetings! As you know we love Carnival A LOT.. and nothing brings us more joy than participating in carnival festivities from country to country, and in the United States. Below is our list of the Best Carnivals. We only ranked ten, so we hope your hometown/country was lucky enough to make the list. Our wish? – […]
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