Welcome to the Greatest Show on Earth!
With its massive masquerade bands, astounding costumes, pulsating music and unparalleled stamina for partying, Trinidad & Tobago’s Carnival is often described as the world’s greatest street festival.
In 2007, the annual Carnival season climaxes on Monday, February 19th and Tuesday, February 20th, when thousands of costumed revellers take to the streets to “play mas". For the fun loving people who live in these sun kissed isles, Carnival begins in earnest on Boxing Day when the fetes (parties) go non-stop until Carnival Sunday. It is during this period that calypso tents open their doors to the public and cultural shows, from limbo competitions to massive soca concerts, begin.
An explosion of colour, music, revelry, and creativity, Trinidad and Tobago's Carnival has spawned similar celebrations around the world; but nothing on earth can rival the abandon, euphoria and stunning spectacle of our festival. Carnival in these islands has evolved over 200 years from a celebration enjoyed exclusively by French plantation owners, to an enormous event that equally embraces people of every colour, creed, class and background. Larger than life, the festival defies simple explanations.
Carnival is revelry and fantastic costumes, music, mouth-watering food and a force for unification, but above all, the festival is fun. Trinidad & Tobago’s festival boasts unique components, such as Panorama, Kings and Queens Costume Competition, J’Ouvert and Masquerade Band of the Year, which make it stand out from the rest.Continually evolving and growing, Carnival 2007 will be bigger and brighter with improvements to the parade route and new event venues.
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