Some say God is a Trini'

Vacationed to Brooklyn; just a papi bus and two trains from paradise.




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The Caribbean cluster of small island nations owns an inimitable 500 year history which best defines "New World." It is a history of misrule among an ever changing succession of Kings and Queens who rarely if ever visited or invested. The largest immigrant group began as African slaves and retained their culture through the arts of song, dance and story. Today these festival arts proudly express themselves as some of the biggest and greatest celebrations throughout North America and even Europe. They invite each of us to become a King or Queen.

The West Indian American Day Carnival is the biggest parade, street fair or festival in New York City, simply the biggest cultural event of the year. Hundreds of floats and sound trucks, tens of carnival krewes in rainbow-hued, peacock-feather-enhanced costumes and hundreds of food and goods stands make this celebration of an ethnic community's life in New York the highpoint of the festival year. And it's not just on Labor Day, there are four days of events and activities leading up to the big parade, most of them including calypso and steel bands in one form or another.