CARNIVAL EXPLOSION PRESENTATION SELECTION

Since 2012 we bring the beauty and joy of life in the style of Caribbean Carnival to the streets of Berlin. We have been inspired by very different cultural, historical but also themes of everyday culture in the past years. After the pandemic, the massiv increase in costs for costumes materials/services plus the lack of time due to approval of participation we need to invented new. Sine 2023 we are offer to take part in your own professional costume from prevoius Carnivals in the world. We were pretty amazed how beautiful the band looked last year. Furthermore everybody pays a constribution to substainabilty to wear a costume more than once. For more information check also in the menu – SUBSTAINABILITY

PRESENTATION FOR 2025 – LAST LAP

At the Caribbean Carnival, LAST LAP is the term used to describe the gathering after the parade, where people get together with friends to look back on their experiences. As usual, we once again show sustainable and fantastic costumes. Due to the organisational challenges and developments in society as a whole, this will be the last time our group takes part. We say thank you for all the years! In 2025 we are offering a small number of shirts to democratise participation and make it possible for a wider group of participants who cannot wear a costume for individual reasons.

Each Masquerader will present himself in a professional costume from the past years. Thereby we show the variety and beauty of different costumes and contribute to sustainability.

PREVIOUS YEARS

  • 2013 – Superblue (A tribut to the Trinidad & Tobago’s Soca Legend Superblue), sections: one section (colour: blue)
  • 2014 – Sno Cones (A tribut to this delicous threat of the Caribbean), sections: Apple (green), Lemon (yellow), Orange (orange)
  • 2015 – Midnight Robber (Theme inspired by the traditional Mas character of Trinidad & Tobago) sections: only one section (black/white)
  • 2016 – Arawaks (Remisence to the indigenous tribes of Trinidad & Tobago), sections: Suppoyo (red/ orange), Nepoya (teal/turquoise)
  • 2017 – Chutney (Tribut to the East Indian Culture in Trinidad & Tobago), sections: Radica (mint/violet), Karma (yellow/gold), Dulahin (peach/rose)
  • 2018 – Panorama (The name of the most anticipated Steel Pan Competition in Trinidad & Tobago and a tribut to National Instrument), sections: Northstars (blue/silver), Desperadoes (purple/rose), Renegades (green/yellow)
  • 2019 – Bird Sanctuary (Remisence to the Trinidad & Tobagos flamboyant Bird population and their endangered status), sections: Toucan (black/multi-colour), Ruby Hummingbird (nude/pink), Kingfisher (orange/teal), Macaw (red/royal blue/green)
  • 2020 – PARADE CANCELLED – Treasures of ancient China (Following the longtime tradition of Caribbean Mas Band get their theme inspired by other non-caribbean cultures and with easy to identifiy origin.), sections: Dynasty (red/yellow), Jade (emerald/mint), Ming (white/cobalt blue), Peony (baby pink/ bright pink)
  • 2021 – PARADE CANCELLED
  • 2022 – PARADE CANCELLED
  • 2023 – ROAD AGAIN – celebration of music and life after the Pandemic (bring your own costume)
  • 2024 – SMALL ISLANDS – showcase of madras fabric and rich music styles of the less know smaller Antilles islands (bring your own costume)