Taking a break from writing about sewing, I have decided to write a quick post about my participation in the Toronto Caribbean Festival and the beautiful costumes made for the parade. This is my sixth year playing MAS (short for masquerade) in the Caribana parade and the costumes gets more elaborate with every year that I participate. This year for the first time I played MAS with Saldenah, a veteran in Toronto’s Caribana parade since 1977. The title theme for his band this year was “Secret from the Outer Limits”, so the costumes were loosely inspired by all things space and astronomical. I chose the costume called Frozen Abyss of Sirius because of the color and drama of the costume. Here are pictures of my costume in pieces minus the bikini bottom (not interesting just a plain bikini bottom) and the back pack (it’s pretty huge and it photographs better on a person). They are a little bit worse for wear since it was photographed after my participation in the parade.
My headdress
Close up of my headdress
My blinged out bikini
Close up of the bikini top
My tail feather – Back of the belt
Front of the belt
Leg tie (tied below the knee)
Jewelry to match my costume
The complete look on parade day
Back view of my back pack (I have a tail that moves when I dance)
Closer view of my back pack
Here are pictures of the costumes that were displayed in the parade.
From Saldenah – D Visitors
From Saldenah – Black Hole
From Saldenah – Umbriel
From Saldenah – Super Nova
From Saldenah – Black Hole (Frontliner)
From Saldenah – Milky Way
From Mas Toronto – Ocean Warrior
From Mas Toronto – D’Eruption (Frontliner)
From Toronto Revellers – Over the Rainbow
From Toronto Revellers – Weathering the Storm
From Toronto Revellers – Dorothy (left) and Lullaby (right)
From Toronto Revellers – Glinda the Good Witch
From Carnival Nationz- Angel
From Carnival Nationz – Quetzal
From Carnival Nationz – Pheonix
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