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International carnival newcomers promised to return for Jamaica carnival next year, crediting the experience, cultural and family ties, and the Jamaican people as the main reasons for ‘playing mas’. Jamaica-born, London-based sisters, Nathaliya...

Media personalities and social media influencers Joel Nomdarkham of Jamaica and Joel Manning of Barbados, both revelled as ‘Yardies’ with the Yard Mas band for a first-time carnival experience on Sunday. Nomdarkham said it was his first carnival...

Diversity took the lead on Sunday as revellers came out in droves for Carnival in Jamaica. For Xodus specifically, there was no shortage of fuller-figured baddies and veteran revellers. For ‘feteran’ Corah Ann Robertson-Sylvester, who says she is...

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Thousands of revellers, many of them scantily dressed and covered in glitter, are on the streets of the Corporate Area enjoying Carnival in Jamaica festivities. The main attraction, the annual Road March features three bands – Xodus and Bacchanal, Yard Mas and GenXs – each with their unique costumes and vibe. Among the revellers are scores of foreigners, including international celebrities, who have poured into the country...

Following what many are calling a transcendent experience at I Love Soca, Yard Mas Carnival is looking to keep the fire blazing with more signature events aimed at catering to the different “segments” of Jamaica’s multifaceted carnival audience....

The promoters of Campari Yard Mas and Xodus Carnivals have promised to elevate their customer experience during the staging of the 2024 Carnival Season. At the launch of both events, which was held on Tuesday night at the ROK Hotel in Downtown Kingston, the organisers shared their strategies to keep their masqueraders on a musical high. "More! More is our goal. More trucks, more bars, more performers and more girls....

As Jamaica’s population of tertiary students prepare to play Mas at The University of the West Indies Carnival on March 16, Jamaica Carnival bands Yard Mas, GenXS and Xodus are ready to make themselves known on the Ring Road. At the recent band...

With teasing flashes and filming snippets of what is to come for next year’s road march, Yard Mas invited experienced and new revellers to the National Indoor Sports Centre last Friday and delivered a spectacular cinematic showcase, with costumes...

The beauty, the majesty, the magic and the moment! It was the curtain-raiser that so many had been waiting for. In true carnival fashion, soca lovers gathered at the National Indoor Sports Centre for the highly anticipated showstopper, which...