Parades by mas [short for masquerade] bands and their costumed revellers make up the beating heart of carnival in Trinidad and Tobago. But with dancers and spectators expected to pack the area as ...

They are easy to spot among the rush of colour of the Trinidad and Tobago Carnival, their bodies covered in blue and their screams and antics somehow both frightening and fun. They are blue devil ...

and Dominica responded to an edict by the Spanish king, they moved themselves and their slaves to Trinidad, bringing with them the French tradition of raucous carnival and fancy masked balls.