Grand Parade

E1006788

Grand Parade is the main costumed street procession and highlight event of the Carnival in Saint Kitts, featuring elaborate bands, music, and dancing through the capital’s streets.

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Grand Parade canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf carnival parade ⓘ
cultural event ⓘ
street procession ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Grand Carnival Parade ⓘ
Grand Parade Day ⓘ
associatedWith Christmas and New Year festive season ⓘ
country Saint Kitts and Nevis ⓘ
culturalContext Caribbean carnival tradition ⓘ
Kittitian culture ⓘ
features costumed street procession ⓘ
dancing ⓘ
elaborate bands ⓘ
music ⓘ
hasAudience local residents ⓘ
tourists ⓘ
hasCharacteristic amplified music trucks ⓘ
elaborate costumes ⓘ
street dancing ⓘ
hasParticipant costumed bands ⓘ
dancers ⓘ
masqueraders ⓘ
musicians ⓘ
highlightOf Carnival in Saint Kitts ⓘ
language English ⓘ
locatedIn Basseterre ⓘ
mainEventOf Carnival in Saint Kitts ⓘ
musicGenre calypso ⓘ
soca ⓘ
steelpan music ⓘ
organizedAs daytime parade ⓘ
paradesThrough streets of Basseterre ⓘ
partOf Carnival in Saint Kitts ⓘ
relatedEvent Jouvert in Saint Kitts ⓘ
linked to: Jouvert

Sugar Mas ⓘ
significance important expression of national identity in Saint Kitts and Nevis ⓘ
major tourism attraction in Saint Kitts ⓘ
takesPlaceIn Basseterre ⓘ
typicalTimeOfYear early January ⓘ
late December ⓘ

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Sugar Mas → hasComponentEvent → Grand Parade ⓘ