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EDITOR: In deciding not to allow the broadcast on VC3 of Zion-I’s calypso “Hypocrites”, Anthony Dennie of the Carnival Development Corporation, VC3 and Star Radio is hiding under the metaphorical ‘judicial counter’, instead of progressively promoting the CULTURE of this land Hairouna. What a shame! Several years ago, the Mighty Chalkdust; a veteran, popular and extraordinarily successful Trinidadian calypsonian, told an interviewer that the then late Prime Minister of Trinidad …

I don’t think I’m alone in concluding that the pressures of survival in these times have forced many to not even be aware of what day...

This country’s calypso tents are ready for the 2019 Carnival season. And, president of the St Vincent and the Grenadines Calypsonians Association (SVGCA) Earl “Caba” Bennett has called on the public to support the art form. “I want to encourage persons to come out in your numbers. Last year was a revelation,” Bennett said on Wednesday at a press conference. He noted that in preparation for the 2019 season, the …

The ritual of Trinidad Carnival involves more than buying a costume and jumping in the streets for two days. Let us initiate you into the customs of Carnival. It's a season — a lifestyle!

Carnival lovers, health officials and governments throughout the Caribbean are anxiously following the experiment of Trinidad and Tobago (T&T),to stage a truncated festival for Carnival 2022. The experiment, dubbed “A Taste of Carnival”, is being staged on a limited basis after the covid pandemic forced the cancellation of carnival, not just in T&T but throughout the Caribbean for the past two years. Public opinion throughout the region remains divided as …