NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pre-Lenten Carnival in Martinique shares many similarities to better known celebrations in Trinidad and Rio, but in Martinique there’s one big difference: length. Each year ...

Martinique features the longest Carnival in the world. Each year as revelers in other Carnival hot spots wind down with the close of Shrove Tuesday, the party in Martinique keeps going, reaching a ...

Unlike other Carnivals, in Martinique the festival extends into Ash Wednesday. From Rio to Trinidad to New Orleans, the world's most celebrated pre-Lenten Carnival fetes all pale in comparison to ...

Excitement is building for carnival season in Martinique, the annual month-long celebration that culminates with a wild series of colorful street parades, parties, and concerts from February 26 to ...

More than two dozen countries make up the Caribbean, each with its own vernacular, history, food, and culture. Despite these distinctions, one tradition connects every island—Carnival. Born from the ...

Street music, parades, and elaborately detailed costumes are just some things that come to mind when people think of a Caribbean Carnival festival. The origins of Carnival in the Caribbean are ...

St Lucia Times – People in Martinique took to the streets on Sunday to back demands for the authorities to permit a ‘traditional’ carnival. Hundreds took part.The group, accompanied by music, strolled ...

le blog de [moi] discusses officials’ decision to cancel Carnival in Martinique after four weeks of workers’ protests. She quotes Louisy Berté from the Alliance union who asks, “How can we stand ...

Hundreds of protestors took the streets following the cancellation of carnival in Martinuqie. The protestors consisted of carnival workers and citizens. And they apparently made a ‘carnival’ out of it ...

The official dates of the 2010 Martinique Carnival are March 6th to 9th , though the celebration actually begins many weeks prior with Carnival parties taking place across the island each weekend in ...

Industry giant Carnival plans one-way sailings between Galveston, Texas and San Juan, Puerto Rico, a first for the line. Scheduled to begin in October 2015, the unusual 10- and 11-night voyages on the ...