2026 Aruba Carnival Programme
NOVEMBER 2025 November 11 Carnival Opening (Kana Kibra) – Centro di Bario Noord – 10:00 am-12:00 pm November 15 Prins & Pancho Elections – Aruba Entertainment Center Dakota – 7:00 pm November 21 Caya Paden […]
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2026 Curaçao Carnival Program
NOVEMBER 2025 November 30 Karnaval den Bario – Bandabou DECEMBER 2025 December 13–17 Workshops December 21 Karnaval den Bario – Bandabou JANUARY 2026 January 3 Opening of the 2025 Curaçao Carnival Season January 9 […]
2026 St Martin Carnival Program
JANUARY PRE-EVENTS January 17 Barventure (Karaoke Edition) – Grand Case – 7:00 p.m. January 18 Drum Parade – Grand Case – 4:00 p.m. January 24 Barventure (DJ Edition) – Marigot – 7:00 p.m. January 25 […]
2026 Martinique Carnival Program
JANUARY January 4 Festy Roi Parade – Le Lamentin – 4:00 p.m. January 10 “Alé mété souliyé’w”: 9th Nighttime Sports Walk to the Rhythms of the Drum (13 km) with the group “Nou Pa Sav” […]
2026 Guadeloupe Carnival Program
JANUARY January 1 Parade in Pointe-à-Pitre and Les Abymes & “Bain démaré” or “Ben démaré” ritual in the sea with skin groups – Bas-du-Fort, Le Gosier – 8:00 a.m. January 3 “Mas An Foli” (7th […]
42nd European Heritage Days to take place this weekend
Launched on September 23, 1984, by the French Ministry of Culture, the first Heritage Day, which took place on a single day (the third Sunday in September), has since 1991 become an initiative led by […]
Guadeloupe Carnival: a rhythmic and colorful Mardi Gras in Basse-Terre (2)
As usual, the “Giga Parade” of Basse-Terre has kept all its promises. Thousands of spectators (locals and tourists) and many groups on foot from the every corner of the archipelago gathered in the chief town […]
Guadeloupe Carnival: a rhythmic and colorful Mardi Gras in Basse-Terre
1st PART As usual, the “Giga Parade” of Basse-Terre has kept all its promises. Thousands of spectators (locals and tourists) and many groups on foot from the every corner of the archipelago gathered in the […]
Guadeloupe Carnival: Market vendors and guests set the mood in the streets of Basse-Terre
Kariculture offers you the photo album and many videos (to be discovered on its Youtube channel) of the traditional carnival parade of Basse-Terre market vendors which took place this Monday morning.
Guadeloupe Carnival: The “Mas Maten” 2025 parade continues to draw large crowds
Initiated by the “Point d’Interrogation” group a few years ago, the Mas Maten Kongo-Karayib has become during these past five years a huge parade with several hundred participants. Once again this year, revelers started from […]