Why do you love carnival? For some of us, it is the chance to wear a beautiful fierce costume and tek a wine on the road. It is the end product of a year’s…
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Brazil Carnival, Salvador! Sea, Sun, City and Vibes! The People’s Carnival!
There’s something about Salvador, Brazil. It gets to you. And I’m still trying to figure out just what its magic is. Was it just the high energy of carnival? Is it the people? The…
Brazil Carnivals Series 2018: Carnivalllllllll!!
Brazil, Brazil… Lord Brazil carnivals is something to experience! Ilovecarnivall went to Rio and Salvador for carnival. From the outside looking in, without experiencing it and without speaking to someone in the know? You…
Ilovecarnivall goes to Brazil for carnival!
Gotta do it. In my mind, I can’t be a true carnivalista, writing about carnivals in various countries and cultures and not experience the two most well known carnivals on the planet; Trinidad…
Japan Canaval 2017: West meets East, Day 2
Hackney and Notting Hill carnivals happened so recently in London, UK, naturally I thought about my experiences of carnival in Japan which occurred only two weeks before that. I spoke about Day 1 of…
An Interview with Selector Hemo; Bringing Soca and Carnival to Japan!
Without Selector Hemo (born Tomoke Inoue), there would be no soca and Caribbean style carnival in Japan. That is the truth of things. Yes, there is a popular and stable dancehall culture but the…
Ilovecarnivall interviews Chiaki iida of Japan!
The video of Chiaki Lida dancing to Freezy’s ‘Split in de Middle’ at Club Cactus in Tokyo, Japan caused a stir and bounced around in St. Lucia where the singer of the song is…
Japan Canaval 2017; West Meets East, Day 1
You might have seen the videos by Machel Montano, Soca in Japan and Ilovecarnivall about Japan Carnaval; the bacchanal on the route at night time, the wuk up, the hose down, bumper in de…
Japan and the culture: Are you ready???
You need an open mind. If you are going to Japan and carnival in Japan, you need an open mind. Things will be different. And your fantasy of experiencing Japan and carnival in Japan might…
Ilovecarnivall goes to Japan for Carnival!
Time for something completely different. Yes. Soca and carnival Caribbean style has reached Japan. My interest was piqued last year when I saw a video of what looked like a carnival route and people…
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