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This is a party with music, dancing, eating and drinking.

This character has a thick whip of plaited hemp which he swings and cracks threateningly. The name of this mas is derived from the French patois for "Diable Diable".

This is the annual two-day festival held before the observance of Lent. It features street processions of costumed masqueraders as well as showcasing highlights of calypso and steelband music.

This refers to masqueraders on carnival jourvert morning, who plaster their clothes and body with mud.

Also called the Big Yard, this is the main venue for judging the main events of carnival: Panorama, Parade of the Bands and Dimanche Gras. Located in Port-of-Spain it is

This is a slow mincing shuffle of carnival revellers following the rhythm of music from a mobile steelband or disc-jockey.

French for ' Grand Sunday' or 'Fat Sunday': this is the Sunday before Carnival Monday. The Calypso Monarch Competition and the Carnival King and Queen Costume competition are held in the Savannah on this night.

This is the abbreviation for 'Old Masquerade'. It refers either to the 'mud mas' on Jouvert morning, or the witty street satire of lampooning popular personalities or issues through placards and odd costumes.

This is the street procession held in the post-emacipation era and the predecessor of carnival celebrations. It involved era re-enactment of négue jardins or field slaves being mustered to extinguish fires in sugarcane plantations.

Held since 1963, this is the premiere steelband competition of the carnival season.

This is a traditional carnival character lampooning the wives of plantation owners. She is depicted as a parasol-carrying woman in flowered dress and hat. Her bust and derriere being grossly exaggerated.

Held within a gayelle it features duels between two men armed with wooden sticks amidst singing and drumming.

This is the musical artform emerging from calypso in the late 1970's. The late Ras Shorty I is credited for its creation, who defined it as the "soul of calypso".

This is the national instrument of Trinidad and Tobago. Made from discarded oil drums, it is the only musical instrument invented in the 20th century.

This is the folk song of Trinidad it is a medium for social criticism, commentary and parody .

No relation to the alcoholic liquor, this is a sultry dance movement of gyrations of the pelvis.

This refers to the spontaneous composition of rhyming stanzas on the spur of the moment. This is usually done without instruments ending with the refrain ‘sans humanite’.

This is any informal socializing and/or recreation in a relaxed environment.

This is the original name for Calypso

This is a carnival masquerader caked in mud and painted blue depicting the Evil One. Wearing horns, he or she drools a red blood-like substance, carries chains and pitchforks and blows flame through a flambeaux.