Video still from Christophe Chassol’s “BIG SUN” (2014) in ‘EN MAS’: Carnival and Performance Art of the Caribbean’ at the Contemporary Arts Center New Orleans (all photos by the author for ...

The West Indian American Day Parade, with its intricate and colorful masquerade costumes, vibrant soca music, and vendors selling a tantalizing array of Caribbean dishes, attracts nearly two million ...

Ayakoromo, a densely populated town in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State in Nigeria distinguished by its passion for intellectualism, culture, peaceful co-existence and creative engagements ...

The Carnival of Venice traces back to at least 1162, when Venetians celebrated a military victory over the Patriarchate of Aquileia. Over time, those celebrations developed into an annual pre-Lent ...

The Labour Masquerade Society, a masquerade group in Tema has outline plans to host a Masquerade Carnival in Tema on the theme: “The Role of Labour Masquerade in 2021 Year of Return”. Mr. Ian Okwei, ...

The Takoradi Masquerade Carnival is one of the highlights of Christmas festivities in the Western Region. Thousands of people throng the major streets of the region’s capital adorned in their fanciful ...

Like every Christmas, the twin city of Sekondi Takoradi came alive on Christmas Day and Boxing Day when masquerades took over the streets as they do every year. The competition to be the best out of ...