Shake Your Booty at These Wildest Carnival Celebrations in the Caribbean
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Dominican Republic
Colorful and frightening masks take center stage at carnival celebrations throughout the Dominican Republic. La Vega Carnival, the country’s oldest and most renowned carnival, has fueled an entire mask-making industry in town. Here, the main carnival character is the unmistakable diablo cojuelo, or “limping devil.” During Sunday afternoon street parades in February, revelers dress as the diablo cojuelo, carrying inflated animal bladders as weapons and playfully cracking whips as they mock the devil. Their huge masks with bulging eyes, horns, and menacing fangs are adorned in rhinestones and feathers. When: Throughout FebruaryIf You Go: Carnival weekends in February are filled with parades and events in La Vega, Santiago, Santo Domingo, and Bonao. Festivities generally peak around February 27, on Independence Day.
By Jamie Moore
It’s carnival season! For a warm, sunny place to unshackle your inhibitions, hit the Caribbean, where celebrations give you permission to indulge today and repent tomorrow. Read on to find out where you can see skimpy rhinestone-studded costumes in grand parades, cover yourself in mud or chocolate for pre-dawn parties, and take to the streets for jumping and gyrating to frenzied soca beats.
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