Water taxis also travel to Trinidad’s second largest ... Local music — soca and calypso — play prominent roles in carnival celebrations. The stunning spectacle is further enhanced by the ...

Imagine the streets of Port of Spain during Carnival, filled with the sound of steel pans and calypso beats — it’s a scene straight out of a dream. As much as I love calypso, we can’t talk about ...

from calypso to reggae, but it wasn’t always so easy to play at carnival. After emancipation in 1838, authorities in Trinidad and Tobago tried to suppress carnival’s dangerous energy ...

Soca and calypso competitions ... Considered the birthplace of Carnival, Trinidad draws travelers from around the world to its hillsides, coastlines, and bustling downtown streets to lime ...

What to expect First launched as an offshoot of the Trinidad Carnival, the Notting Hill Carnival ... playing everything from reggae, soca and calypso, the traditional music of Trinidad, to R ...

Trinidad and Tobago, the birthplace of steel pan and calypso music ... Two days before Ash Wednesday, the capital’s streets are crammed with mas (a collective name for Carnival costumes), calypso and ...

Over 30 calypsonians are set to perform as one of biggest events for Carnival, the Stardom Calypso Tent, gets underway on Saturday 2nd January 2016. The official grand opening of the event will be ...