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The 10 Hottest Costumes We Saw at Jamaica Carnival This Week

So for years this has been a pet peeve of mine. Jamaica has a vibrant and growing Carnival, arguably one of the major carnivals in the Caribbean, and yet from ash Wednesdays to good Friday there are essentially only one or 2 soca releases meant specifically for Jamaica.

For those of us that #dothedouble (Trinidad…

HAPPY EASTER, HAPPY PASSOVER

Bristol’s St Pauls Carnival has been struggling in recent years, due to lack of funding and other administration issues. But the carnival, which last took place in 2014, will return this year on Saturday 7 July, marking 50 years since the carnival began in 1968.…

On Ash Wednesday, February 14th, Beija-Flor samba school was announced the winners of Rio’s Carnival 2018 parades, beating out twelve other schools. Earning their fourteenth title, Beija-Flor stood out on the Sambódromo with an enredo (theme) about Brazil’s…

When the fete calls for ‘fashion’ we have got you covered  with some of our  favourite looks from designer Natalie Fonrose . Instagram : @fonrose_thebrand

Cooler Fete

The look: Casual and  comfy. Footwear that allows you to be able to hop up on a cooler and hot shorts are usually standard wear.

Style tip:  We…

Advisories Issued As T&T Police Uncover Plot to Disrupt Carnival

PRIME MINISTER DR KEITH ROWLEY

A total of 13 people have now been arrested in connection with an alleged plot to disrupt Carnival in Trinidad and Tobago.

And Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has insisted that the threat was “no joke” and there are still serious security concerns about the security of the state.…

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3 Packages of FANTASY, SPLENDOR & FUN with world renowned…

Champagne Toast @ Midnight | Hat & Noise Makers | Breakfast

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3 Packages of FANTASY, SPLENDOR & FUN with world renowned Chefs from the Caribbean, Europe & USA

• Creme de la Creme…

Rupee stopped by Caribbean Fever to talk to Dahved Levy about where he's been and why he hasn't been releasing music lately, his tour life, wasting money on a cadillac truck and where his future is taking him. Listen to the full interview below.…

This summer, theGrio went #travelnoire when Deputy Editor Natasha S. Alford flew to Bridgetown, Barbados for Crop Over 2017.  She jumped with Crop Over band Aura Experience, interviewed rapper and entrepreneur Rorrey “Gallest” Fenty about the moves he’s making on the island, and chronicled the beauty of Grand Kadooment.

Even in the midst of thousands of revelers in Barbados, it’s hard to miss Rorrey…

New Pics Of Rihanna Injured From The Chris Brown Beating Surface

Fans were infuriated when Chris Brown posted a comment on his former girlfriend Rihanna's Instagram page on Monday.

The Look At Me Now singer, who assaulted Rihanna back in 2009, posted a an icon of a pair of eyes after she shared an image of the skimpy costume she wore to the Crop Over Festival in her native Barbados that same…

“Yuh can’t keep a good woman down.”

Those were the fighting words of soca artiste, Destra Garcia, who is back home in Trinidad and Tobago recovering from an ankle injury she recently sustained during her performance in Bermuda last week.

Garcia underwent surgery at the St Clair Medical Hospital over the weekend.

In a message to fans on…