There may be no parades or actual fetes happening in Trinidad and Tobago for Carnival 2021 but the annual festival will be celebrated in the virtual space thanks to COVID-19.
MASQUERADERS ON CARNIVAL TUESDAY
Early in the morning, on Carnival Tuesday, masqueraders converge to their band’s music trucks and get ready to party. On Carnival Tuesday, masqueraders put on their costumes and get ready for a long day of partying and celebrations. Band trucks get their massive speakers ready by pumping soca rhythms in preparation for the gathering masqueraders.
COSTUMES ON DISPLAY AT CARNIVAL TUESDAY
The Masqueraders on carnival Tuesday don the beautiful carnival costumes that they purchased several months earlier and join their bands to display their elaborate costumes to the world. This is where you will see some of the most beautiful costumes in the world and this is what has become the symbol of the Trinidad and Tobago Carnival. Thousands of masqueraders flock to the streets to display their costumes and even more spectators show up to check out the costumes.
Today, Carnival is Trinidad and Tobago’s main tourist attraction and has inspired several Carnivals in cities where citizens of Trinidad and Tobago have settled, including New York, Toronto, Miami and London. Other Caribbean islands such as Jamaica, St.Vincent and Grenada have similar festivities but Trinidad and Tobago Carnival remains the greatest show on earth.
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