Montserrat Carnival

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Montserrat Carnival is the island’s major annual cultural celebration, showcasing Afro-Montserratian music, dance, costumes, and traditions through parades, pageants, and street festivities.

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instanceOf Carnival
annual event
cultural festival
attracts diaspora visitors
local residents
tourists
celebrates Afro-Montserratian heritage
community identity
local music and dance
country Montserrat
endEvent New Year’s Day parade
features Calypso Monarch competition
Junior Carnival events
Queen Show
beauty pageants
elaborate costumes
masquerade bands
traditional dances
featuresGenre calypso music
folk drumming
reggae music
soca music
steelpan music
frequency annual
hasActivity calypso competitions
costume parades
cultural shows
food fairs
pageants
soca performances
steelpan performances
street parades
street parties
hasCulturalOrigin African diaspora in the Caribbean
Afro-Montserratian culture
British colonial Caribbean traditions
language English
locatedIn Brades, Montserrat
Caribbean
Plymouth, Montserrat
occursDuring Christmas season
occursInMonth December
January
organisedBy Government of Montserrat
Montserrat Cultural Centre
surface form: Montserrat Arts Council
promotes preservation of traditional arts
tourism in Montserrat
relatedTo Caribbean Carnival traditions
significance largest cultural celebration in Montserrat
major national festival of Montserrat

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Afro-Montserratians festival Montserrat Carnival