The West Indian Day Parade 2023 is the climax of New York Carnival. The parade follows Trinidadian Carnival traditions, but includes the cultures of including: Trinidad and Tobago, Haiti, Barbados, Dominica, Saint Lucia, Jamaica, Saint Vincent and Granada, Guyana, Suriname, and Belize. West Indian Day Parade 2023 The West Indian Day Parade 2023 marches on Eastern Parkway … [Read more...] about West Indian Day Parade is the Climax of New York Carnival
Calypso
New York Carnival Celebrates Freedom Trinidad Style
New York Carnival 2023 gets Brooklyn jumping up from the kickoff on August 10, through Voicey's Long Live Soca Tour, SocaFest, Junior Carnival, Panorama, Sunrise Day Soiree, J'ouvert, many fêtes, to a big climax at the West Indian Day Parade on Labor Day, Monday, September 4, 2023. 🇹🇹 The festival draws on many Caribbean traditions including: Trinidad and Tobago, Haiti, … [Read more...] about New York Carnival Celebrates Freedom Trinidad Style
Mighty Sparrow
Mighty Sparrow is a living legend of Trinidadian calypso. He is the James Brown of Trinidad. Mighty Sparrow plays Joe's Pub Saturday, December 7, 2019 ~ Mighty Sparrow plays Joe's Pub in NoHo, NYC at 7pm. $25 + minimums Mighty Sparrow Slinger Francisco was born in Grand Roy, Grenada on July 9, 1935. His family moved to Port of Spain, Trinidad when he was an … [Read more...] about Mighty Sparrow
West Indian Day Parade 2019
The West Indian Day Parade is the main part of New York City's Caribbean Carnaval. It's a series of events at and around the Brooklyn Museum over Labor Day Weekend that draws around two million people. The Caribbean culture of the West Indian Day Parade is from Trinidad and Tobago, Haiti, Barbados, Dominica, Saint Lucia, Jamaica, Saint Vincent and Grenada, Guyana, Suriname … [Read more...] about West Indian Day Parade 2019
Afro-Latino Festival 2019
The Afro-Latino Festival celebrates the African diaspora's contributions to Latin culture. Latin is a mix of African, Indigenous and European peoples and cultures. Much of the Latin culture (U.S. culture too) that we celebrate today, is originally African. Africa is the mother of humankind. We have a lot to be proud of, and a lot to contribute. 2019 Afro-Latino … [Read more...] about Afro-Latino Festival 2019