Caribana 2010

This weekend I got the chance to attend Caribana with my UTMSU team! It was super fun and festive – like a huge party on the street.

For those of you who don’t know, Caribana was started in 1967  and is North America’s largest street parade/party that revolves around Carribean traditions and cultures. It takes place in Toronto, Ontario and people participating in the parade are commonly wearing very lavish and sexy costumes that have lots of glitter, feathers and beads. There are also lavish floats and trucks with DJs playing soca and reggae.

Here is a awesome song that was getting people pumped all weekend:

If you know anymore, feel free to post them in the comments! (you don’t need a wordpress account to post a comment!)

Get ready for another picture-heavy post. I’ll start off with the floats! =]

Caribana Floats

Here is a little girl pulling one of the lavish floats.

Caribana People

We saw these blue Trinidad people coming down the street and I was super eager to take a photo with them.

After taking this photo, the guy in the back came up to me from behind and dumped baby powder all over me. Later, I looked this up and it’s actually a tradition in Trinidad, Nepal, India, Sri Lanka and Guyana called Dolyatra where they throw coloured powder and water. It’s kind of interesting and it reminded me of the huge water fight I participated in Thailand.

This guy was dressed as a fairy!

And that is all for now! =]

Happy Caribana!

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