SpiceMas 2010! CARNIVAL - Monday Night Mas

One of the last events of Carnival is Monday Night Mas, appropriately taking place on Monday night from around 9:00 PM until about midnight.  Alike Jouvert, Monday Night Mas is a parade celebration where anybody can participate.  For this event you choose a team and purchase a kit containing a shirt, hat, glowstick and a cup, which gets filled with alcohol along the parade route. 

We decided to join the Carib (the local brew) team, and went to the brewery at 1pm on Sunday to purchase our kits.  Each kit cost $65 EC (about $25 US). My kit included a yellow Carib cup, tank top, a green glittery mask with lights, spikey light-up bracelet and necklace and a light up wand.  CW's kit included a yellow Carib cup, a T-shirt, a light-up jester hat, a spikey light-up bracelet and a light up wand.

Team Carib Monday Night Mas costume kits

 Ready to parade with our frineds Mo and Gina

 Joining the festivities with Justin in the background

Monday Night Mas video clip #1

 We paraded down through the streets of St. George's to local Soca music (Soca = Soul-Calypso). There was a music truck with a DJ and speakers toward the front of our team, one in the middle and a beer truck at the rear.  We stayed pretty close to the beer truck.

 

Monday Night Mas video clip #2

One of the music trucks

Monday Night Mas video clip #3

 Glowing wands from the Carib team as far as you could see!