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ST. KITTS CARNIVAL - SUGAR MAS 49
November 2020 - January 2021
There’s no better way to J’Ouvert ramps it up. Meaning The event also serves a
experience Kittitian culture. “I opened” in French, this early- cultural purpose: Folklore
Sugar Mas regularly ranks as morning parade kicks off the groups dominate the
the Federation’s largest event. carnival’s street celebrations. activities, introducing the
Running from November 2020 Participants wake up well crowd to moko jumbies,
to January 2021, the 49th before daybreak, grouping up masqueraders, clowns, and
edition of the carnival will and hitting Downtown other traditional figures.
feature all of the festival’s old Basseterre’s roads as early as
favorites — with the potential 4:00 a.m. By midday, the After six weeks of celebration,
for a surprise or two. streets have cleared, but not Sugar Mas draws to a close,
before eight hours of paint- and but what better way to send it
Traditionally, the National water-soaked fun. off than with one final bash.
Carnival opens on a Friday, On January 2, revelers take
rung in by a vibrant female The country’s roads once to the streets for the Last Lap,
calypso show. From there, the again fill to capacity on Parade the National Carnival’s
party keeps rolling. The Day. A Kittitian take on the concluding outdoor
coming weeks are marked by New Year’s Day parade, celebration.
a series of fetes — lively revelers don colorful feathered
celebrations — ranging from costumes before marching
Blu’s powder-filled revelry to through the nation’s capital.
Flag & Wet’s unique blend of
live music and waterworks.
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