As the region’s pre-Lenten carnival celebrations reach a fever pitch, Natalie Dookie explores the year-round business of Carnival, which has grown far beyond Caribbean shores The post Million-dollar mas | The deal appeared first on Caribbean Beat Magazine. Source link
As French Saint Martin celebrates Carnival in February, and Dutch Sint Maarten in April, Melissa Rose Cooper explores how the island’s We Culture museum aims to be a cultural bridge between islands — and between past and present Growing up in America with Trinidadian parents, Carnival was my connection to home. The sounds of calypso …
Test your knowledge of Caribbean people and culture as you plan your next getaway! Stumped? All but one of the answers can be found through the magazine — and all at the bottom of the page! The post A cultural extravaganza | Did you even know? appeared first on Caribbean Beat Magazine. Source link
Jonathan Ali talks to the Surinamese-Maroon and Dutch artists behind Monikondee (Money Land) The Maroni River forms the border between Suriname and French Guiana. For centuries, the area has been home to communities of Indigenous people and Maroons (descendants of Africans who freed themselves from Dutch enslavement). In recent times, however, their traditional ways have …
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This month’s listening picks from the Caribbean — featuring reviews by Nigel Campbell of new music by Roël Calister; Destra x MadLypso; Reo x Nessa Preppy; and Hey Choppi x Voice Roël Calister The Work of Songs (Jiga Musica) The blurb for this album describes the new record by the Curaçao-born master percussionist as “an …
“The most beautiful of all the little isles is Kayrioüacou, where I stopped long enough to note its peculiarities. It is a very beautiful and good isle, capable of supporting a colony…” These words dating from 1656 — 370 years ago — were written by the Frenchman Jean-Baptiste Du Tertre about the still little and …
Laura Dowrich spotlights five rising soca stars from Trinidad & Tobago Every few years, a new generation of soca stars emerges in Trinidad & Tobago, adding their flavour to the genre, pushing the envelope, and stamping their names in the history books. Some lucky ones experience success out of the gates with unforgettable anthems — …
Postcards from the Caribbean’s most extraordinary places The post For the birds | Wish you were here appeared first on Caribbean Beat Magazine. Source link
Photographer Lisa Fernandez shares two of her favourite traditional Carnival events — and four special images captured at those events The traditional mas competition in Adam Smith Square is my never-miss event of the season, and I have been photographing it for over a decade. Over the years, I have formed relationships with those I …
Three exhibitions by Dominica-born artists are up at two of the island’s most unique gallery spaces Two unconventional, sister gallery spaces — the Old Oven Art Gallery, opened in 2023 and tucked away within the Fort Young Hotel & Dive Resort in Roseau, and the Bwa Denn Art Gallery at Secret Bay in Portsmouth, which …