Toronto-based Tribal Carnival mas band took centre stage in several scenes of the video, where dancers and members of the band stunned and danced in elaborate mas costumes that are worn during ...

a 30-year-old lawyer I met in her apartment on the Sunday before carnival. For John, it was all about the costume. She modeled the one she would wear with the Island People mas band: a bikini made ...

Today’s version of this costume would undoubtedly be a blue bra with knickers to match. “I’ve never played Mas before being a Carnival queen and it’s because the material has definitely ...

Carnival Monday and Tuesday are all about playing mas. Monday is a warm-up, where masqueraders wear partial costumes or simple outfits, while Tuesday is the grand spectacle. Expect a sea of people ...

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 ...