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Comments Crowns, Gems and Costumes for the Women Who Run CarnivalSkip to Comments The comments section is closed. To submit a letter to the editor for publication, write to letters@nytimes.com. Crowns, Gems and Costumes for the Women Who Run Carnival 11 A vibrant, skimpy ensemble worn at a Caribbean Carnival is so much more than a visual delight: “It’s a celebration of women’s glory in themselves.” The blinged-out swimsuits and colorful plumage seen at Caribbean Carnivals from London to New York to Toronto take months to complete and involve an industry of designers, seamstresses, feather workers and wire benders. The women who take part in this masquerade “mas,” it’s called have transformed a tradition rooted in Roman Catholicism and Black resistance to slavery into a performance of female empowerment, resistance and self-expression. ....
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