Dirty Mas and Pretty Mas – Two Faces of Trinidad Carnival - Caribbean Compass

Story and Photos by Christine Gooch It is 4 a.m. on Carnival Monday. Music blares out at deafening volume from a 40-foot articulated truck piled high with speakers, the bass thudding in our chests. We are packed closely together in a crowd of 1,500-2,000 people, marching in place to the tribal beat, unable to move […]

Dirty Mas and Pretty Mas – Two Faces of Trinidad Carnival

Dirty Mas and Pretty Mas – Two Faces of Trinidad Carnival

Dirty Mas and Pretty Mas – Two Faces of Trinidad Carnival

Dirty Mas and Pretty Mas – Two Faces of Trinidad Carnival

Dirty Mas and Pretty Mas – Two Faces of Trinidad Carnival