Caribbean Carnival

Not about Ferris Wheel s, Theme Park rides, or other events that use the word "Carnival" the Caribbean's Carnivals all have several common themes based on Folklore , culture, and Religion .

OLD-TIME CARNIVAL CHARACTERS

Burrokeets

Cow Bands

Dame Lorraine

Fancy Indians

Jab Jab & Jab Molassie

Midnight Robber

Moko Jumbies

Pierrot Grenade

COMPETITIONS

Calypso Monarch

Chutney Soca Monarch

Soca Monarch

Panorama

Roadmarch

Band of the Year

Queen of the Bands

King of the Bands

MUSIC

Music Styles

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Calypso

Chutney

Extempo / Sing Down

Junkanoo

Kaiso

Kompa

Parang

Punta

Ringbang

Salsa

Soca

Spouge

Steelpan

Zouk

LOCAL CARNIVALS

The following islands celebrate carnival; approximate dates are given for the concluding festivities on each island. (On some islands, most notably Trinidad And Tobago , the carnival season lasts for over a month, and the exact dates vary from year to year.)

Anguilla (first week in August)

Antigua And Barbuda (first week in August)

Aruba (Monday and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday )

Barbados (first Monday in August)

Belize

Bonaire (Monday and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday)

Cuba

--- Havana (end of July)

--- Santiago De Cuba (end of July)

--- Varadero (end of July)

Curaçao (Monday and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday)

Dominica (Monday and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday)

Dominican Republic (late February)

Grenada (early August)

Guadeloupe (Monday and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday)

Guyana

Haiti (Monday and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday)

Jamaica , (late March, early April)

Martinique (Monday and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday)

Puerto Rico (Monday and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday)

Saba (early August)

Saint-Barthélemy (Tuesday before Ash Wednesday)

Saint Croix ( Three Kings Day )

Saint John (July 4)

Saint Lucia (July)

Saint Kitts And Nevis (roughly New Year's Day )

Saint-Martin (Monday and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday)

Saint Thomas (last Friday and Saturday in April)

Saint Vincent And The Grenadines (July, August)

Sint Eustatius (early August)

Sint Maarten (roughly a month after Easter )

Trinidad And Tobago (Monday and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday)

INTERNATIONAL CARIBBEAN CARNIVALS

Canada

Ottawa, ON / " Caribe-Expo " - In the city of Ottawa in Ontario, Canada.

Toronto, ON / " Caribana " - Drawing close to a million visitors to the city, Caribana is known as the best Caribbean carnival outside of Trinidad and Tobago.

Germany

United Kingdom

London, " Notting Hill Carnival " - On Notting Hill located in London, England.

Leeds, " Leeds West Indian Carnival "

United States

Atlanta, GA -

Baltimore, MD -

Boston, MA -

Cambridge, MA - " Cambridge Carnival International " - Held in Kendall Square

Houston, TX -

Long Island, NY -

Miami, FL -

New York, NY / "Brooklyn - Labor Day" - In Brooklyn, along Eastern Parkway.

Orlando, FL -

Washington D.C. -

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