Few sounds conjure up the spirit of Carnival like the notes beaten out on a steel pan. In the run-up to February, you’ll hear the panyards of Trinidad & Tobago – and above all in its capital, Port of Spain – resound to bands practising for the Caribbean’s biggest carnival. Stay on for the main event to hear calypso and soca, the signature music of ‘Trinbago’, and see festival costumes ranging from the traditional masquerade characters to modern getups of sequinned bikinis and feather headdresses.
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