Caribbean Carnival

Caribbean Carnival

Caribbean Carnival is the term used in the English speaking world for a series of events Throughout almost the whole year that take place in many of the Caribbean islands annually and worldwide.^[2]

The Caribbean's carnivals have several common themes, many originating from Trinidad and Tobago Carnival, based on folklore, culture, religion, and tradition (thus relating to the European use of the word, not amusement rides, as the word "carnival" is often used to mean in American English.^[4] Carnival tradition is based on a number of disciplines including: "Playing Mas"/masquerade; calypso music and crowning a Calypso King or Monarch; Panorama (steel band competition); J'ouvert morning; and a number of other traditions.

Local Caribbean carnivals

Approximate dates are given for the concluding festivities. Carnival season may last for over a month prior to the concluding festivities, and the exact dates vary from year to year.

• Anguilla — Anguilla Summer Festival, early August^[5]
• Antigua and Barbuda
  • Antigua — Antigua Carnival, early August^[6]
  • Barbuda — Caribana, early June^[7]
• Aruba — Carnival, February, Ash Wednesday^[8]
• Barbados — Crop Over, early August^[9]
• Bahamas - Bahamas Junkanoo Carnival, first week of May^[10]
• Belize — Carnival, September^[11]
• Bermuda — (third weekend in June) http://www.bermudaheroesweekend.com/
• Bonaire — Carnival, February Ash Wednesday^[12]
• British Virgin Islands
  • Tortola — BVI Emancipation (August) Festival, early August^[13]
  • Virgin Gorda — Virgin Gorda Easter Festival Celebrations, late March/early April^[14]
• Cayman Islands — Batabano, late April/early May^[15]
• Cuba
  • Cuba — Carnival of Santiago de Cuba, July^[16]
  • Cuba — Havana Carnival, July/August^[17]
• Curaçao — Carnival, February, Ash Wednesday^[18]
• Dominica — Carnival, February, Ash Wednesday^[19]
• Dominican Republic — Dominican Carnival, February, Dominican Independence Day^[20]
• Grenada
  • Carriacou — Carriacou Carnival, February, Ash Wednesday^[21]
  • Grenada — Spicemas, early August^[22]
• Guadeloupe — Carnaval - February, Ash Wednesday^[23]
• Guyana — Mashramani (Mash), February 23, Guyanese Republic Day^[24]
• Haiti — Kanaval, February, Ash Wednesday^[25]
• Jamaica — Bacchanal, late March/early April^[26]
• Martinique — Carnival, February, Ash Wednesday^[27]
• Montserrat — Montserrat Festival, early January, New Year's Day^[28]
• Puerto Rico — Carnaval de Ponce, February, Ash Wednesday^[29]
• Saba — Saba Summer Festival, late July/early August^[30]
• Saint-Barthélemy — Carnival, February, Ash Wednesday^[31]
• Saint Lucia — Carnival, July^[32]
• Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • Saint Kitts — Carnival, December/January^[33]
  • Nevis — Culturama, late July/early August^[34]
• Saint-Martin — Carnival, February, Ash Wednesday^[35]
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines — Vincy Mas, late June/early July^[36]
• Saint Eustatius — Statia Carnival, late July/early August^[37]
• Sint Maarten — Carnival, late April/early May^[38]
• Trinidad and Tobago
  • Trinidad — Carnival, February, Ash Wednesday^[39]
  • Tobago — Tobago Carnival, February, Ash Wednesday^[40]
• United States Virgin Islands
  • Saint Croix — Crucian Carnival, late December/early January Three King's Day^[41]
  • Saint John — St. John Festival, June through July 3 & 4, V.I. Emancipation Day and U.S. Independence Day^[42]
  • Saint Thomas — V.I. Carnival, April through early May^[43]