the British Royal Navy maintained and sheltered its Caribbean fleet at a well-protected dockyard on the island.) Carnival outfits worn throughout the Americas have roots in African, European ...

Slavery was abolished in the Caribbean in 1838, and the liberated people now fully embraced carnival as their own. Their Mas costumes were often based upon West African myths and were mostly scary ...

Carnival in the Caribbean is a longstanding tradition rooted ... of Carnival derived from calypso that combines East Indian and African instrumentation. I’ve been lucky enough to be immersed ...