Caribbean Beat — September/October 2018 (#153)
A calendar of events; music, film, and book reviews; travel features; people profiles, and much more.
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NEED TO<br />
KNOW<br />
Essential info to help you make the most of<br />
<strong>September</strong> and <strong>October</strong>: what to do, where<br />
to go, what to see!<br />
stephanie keith/getty images<br />
Mas in the big city:<br />
feathers and sequins<br />
on Brooklyn’s Eastern<br />
Parkway<br />
Don’t Miss<br />
Break away on<br />
the Parkway<br />
It’s officially known as the West Indian Day<br />
Parade, but revellers across the <strong>Caribbean</strong><br />
diaspora know it as Brooklyn Carnival. On<br />
Labour Day (3 <strong>September</strong> this year) <strong>—</strong> drawing<br />
a crowd of more than a million, by some<br />
estimates <strong>—</strong> the action begins at dawn for<br />
J’Ouvert revellry and continues till nightfall on<br />
Eastern Parkway. New York City’s <strong>Caribbean</strong><br />
communities <strong>—</strong> Trinis, Jamaicans, Bajans,<br />
Grenadians, Haitians, everybody <strong>—</strong> come out<br />
in force for a day of parades, floats, and even<br />
pan. Soca? Yes. Wining? Of course? Acres of<br />
sequins and spandex and feathers? What you<br />
think? Pelau, jerk chicken, souse? Bring your<br />
appetite.<br />
How to get there?<br />
<strong>Caribbean</strong> Airlines<br />
operates daily flights<br />
to John F. Kennedy<br />
International Airport<br />
in New York City from<br />
Trinidad, Jamaica,<br />
and Guyana, with<br />
connections to other<br />
<strong>Caribbean</strong> destinations<br />
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