The
second weekend in August is Carnival. It celebrates the abolition of
slavery by Britain in 1838 and the Grenadians have made this into a
gloriously colourful and noisy celebration which lasts four days,
from Saturday to Tuesday. Pre dawn on Saturday kicks off the party
with a horde of people descending into Georgetown dressed in devil
hats and old clothes. Old clothes because tradition dictates you're
going to be covered in a black, oily liquid. We opted to stay in
bed and hear about from those who did go.
On
Saturday and Sunday the steel bands compete for best in show title.
Monday is more competitions for the dance groups and floats. The
grand finale of the whole Carnival weekend wraps up on Tuesday
afternoon with a long, swaying, singing, dancing snaking parade of
everyone who has competed, dance groups, community groups, floats,
bands, kids, families, tourists. We went and I took many, many photos. Here are just a few which I feel capture the day.
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