6 Summer Carnivals to Visit in the the Caribbean

By: Caribbean Journal Staff - July 14, 2017 - 9:48 am

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Crop Over, Barbados Missed out on Trinidad’s pre-Lenten carnival? Consider this Bajan bacchanal as an alternative. Dating from the 18^th century, when the sugarcane plantations’ final harvest of the season would be heralded with music and merriment, Crop Over is today a modern mash-up of raucous rum-fueled parties that culminates on Kadooment Day with a rollicking road march along Spring Garden Highway. July 14-August 7.

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