Rule Number one: Know thy terminology. Barbados’s annual Carnival celebration, which wrapped this week, is actually called Crop Over, a name that honors its history: The festival commemorates the ...

Caribbean festivals showcase vibrant music, dance, and culture.

Soca music fans subsist in a feast-or-famine world. Feasts come during Carnival — especially Trinidad Carnival, king of them all — when the exuberant, dance-driven tunes are released faster than soca ...