The Trinidad CarnivalFestivals in the Caribbean can be huge, colourful events that stretch the imagination. One of the biggest of these, the Trinidad Carnival, consists of five days of non-stop parties and music competitions that end in a costumed parade through the streets of the capital, Port of Spain. The music at the carnival is calypso. Calypso is more than just music for singing and dancing. An evening in a ‘calypso tent’ will give you a course in Trinidadian politics and let you know all about the island gossip.But whatever the topic of the songs, calypso’s main function is to entertain.One of the most important parts of the carnival is the calypso competition. This is divided into two sections. First of all, on the Sunday, the best song is judged. Ten finalists each sing two songs in front of a crowd of 30,000. The singers all do their best to give performances that will have the crowd shouting and screaming for more, and the winner receives the highly-prized title of Calypso Monarch.Then, on the Monday, there is the Roadmarch competition, when the best dance tune is decided. Dancers in fantastic costumes spill out onto the streets in their thousands at 4 a.m. and dance in a parade with the calypso bands. This goes on until the carnival ends the following night. The winner is the person whose tune is being played most often as the bands pass the place where the judges are situated.And the music has to be good, to keep as many as half a million people dancing non-stop for five days.
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