Author Archives: Valmiki Maharaj

This carnival had the potential of being popped down in many regards. As many of you know , one incident changed everything. Changed the game, changed the mas, changed me and even changed the tone of this post, making it very different from the others. But there is something hysterical and telling about being in an ER two weeks before carnival with your first three questions being, “When can I get back to work?” “When can I drink?” …and “Can I play mas?” No wonder…

FACT – the average masquerader, without even realizing, spends at least TT$1000 in addition to their costume cost…*Cough*…”Designers, in Mas you either wine IN or OUT, wave left or right OR drop to the ground and roll!” (In Heidi Klum’s voice). You will now have till the end of this column to realize whether your costume this year will be properly ACCESSORIZED or become a proper hot messy ACCIDENT (Screeeeech…BADANG!!!). The months between launch and the road really is like entering Project Runway – challenge…