Carnival

[mrscaptainjay]

STT Carnival is under way! I've been to more events this year than I have in the past and having a blast. Here are a few pics to give you an idea.

Food Fair
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/captainjay/5687247841/" title="Cultural Food Fair by captainjay, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5026/568 ... 7e0a26.jpg" width="500" height="374" alt="Cultural Food Fair"></a>

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/captainjay/5690593503/" title="Food fair by captainjay, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5225/569 ... 5bcaf6.jpg" width="500" height="374" alt="Food fair"></a>

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/captainjay/5690592019/" title="Food fair by captainjay, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5228/569 ... 184827.jpg" width="500" height="374" alt="Food fair"></a>

J'ouvert
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/captainjay/5691168808/" title="jouvert2011 by captainjay, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5306/569 ... df7791.jpg" width="500" height="299" alt="jouvert2011"></a>

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/captainjay/5691168852/" title="jouvert2011_2 by captainjay, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5105/569 ... fcea8b.jpg" width="500" height="335" alt="jouvert2011_2"></a>

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/captainjay/5690594221/" title="J'ouvert by captainjay, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5027/569 ... 368381.jpg" width="500" height="374" alt="J'ouvert"></a>

[flip-flop]

WOW. Why did I think Carnival was in July? Like around the 4th?

[Exit Zero]

There are other Carnivals on other Islands than STJ - MrsCaptainJay lives on STT.

[flip-flop]

I knew other islands had Carnivals, I just thought they were generally at the same time of year.

Like Mardi Gras.

I didn't realize. Now I know.

[mrscaptainjay]

St. Thomas carnival is usually last week of April. But with Easter being so late this year they pushed carnival back a week so that it wasn't going on at the same time. All the islands have carnival at different times of the year. I think it's just so that tourists and locals can go to them all lol. But there is probably some other reason

[Exit Zero]

My response was trying to be concise not flippant - each Island has a Carnival [ STX - Xmas] - [Tortola -Aug monday] - [Virgin Gorda- Easter] - some are predicated on Lent, like Mardi Gras is -- Rio,Trinidad etc - others spread out over the year so as not to conflict with a neighboring celebration.