{"id":541,"date":"2014-09-30T16:53:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-30T20:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gotourismguides.com\/trinidadandtobago\/?p=541"},"modified":"2016-07-10T15:12:07","modified_gmt":"2016-07-10T19:12:07","slug":"carnival-monday-in-trinidad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gotourismguides.com\/trinidadandtobago\/carnival-monday-in-trinidad\/","title":{"rendered":"Carnival Monday in Trinidad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Carnival Monday<\/strong> officially kicks off on Monday at noon for spectators but much earlier for <a href=\"https:\/\/gotourismguides.com\/trinidadandtobago\/going-to-the-trinidad-carnival\/\" class=\"broken_link\">masqueraders<\/a>. This is the day where the streets of Port of Spain are flooded with a huge crowd of carnival-goers in preparation for <a href=\"https:\/\/gotourismguides.com\/trinidadandtobago\/carnival-tuesday-in-trinidad\/\" class=\"broken_link\">Carnival Tuesday<\/a>. You can look at Carnival Monday as a preparation for Carnival Tuesday. The route of the parade is much shorter and it is a chance for the masqueraders to learn the route and get ready for Carnival Tuesday. <\/p>\r\n\r\n<h2>Monday Mas<\/h2>\r\n<p>On Carnival Monday, the streets of <a href=\"https:\/\/gotourismguides.com\/trinidadandtobago\/port-spain\/\" class=\"broken_link\">Port of Spain<\/a> are dominated by <a href=\"https:\/\/gotourismguides.com\/trinidadandtobago\/playing-mas-at-the-trinidad-carnival\/\" class=\"broken_link\">masqueraders playing mas<\/a> with their <a href=\"https:\/\/gotourismguides.com\/trinidadandtobago\/trinidad-carnival-bands\/\">bands<\/a>. Each one of these bands has their own music, <a href=\"https:\/\/gotourismguides.com\/trinidadandtobago\/trinidad-carnival-costumes\/\" class=\"broken_link\">costumes<\/a>, alcohol and security. As a rule, most masqueraders will only wear basic parts of their <a href=\"https:\/\/gotourismguides.com\/trinidadandtobago\/trinidad-carnival-costumes\/\" class=\"broken_link\">Carnival costumes<\/a> on Carnival Monday and the entire costume is saved for full display on <a href=\"https:\/\/gotourismguides.com\/trinidadandtobago\/carnival-tuesday-in-trinidad\/\" class=\"broken_link\">Carnival Tuesday<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<h2>How Long Does Carnival Monday Last<\/h2>\r\n<p>The parade on Carnival Monday lasts approximately 8 hours! After the parade, there are various fetes taking place all night long through Trinidad while partygoers get ready for <a href=\"https:\/\/gotourismguides.com\/trinidadandtobago\/carnival-tuesday-in-trinidad\/\" class=\"broken_link\">Carnival Tuesday<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Carnival Monday is the day where the streets of Port of Spain are flooded with a huge crowd of carnival-goers in preparation for <a href=\"https:\/\/gotourismguides.com\/trinidadandtobago\/carnival-tuesday-in-trinidad\/\">Carnival Tuesday<\/a>.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":692,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,33],"tags":[53],"class_list":["post-541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-trinidad-carnival","tag-trinidad-and-tobago-carnival"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - 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