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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 18th 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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