Jump Up, Turn Up, Dress Up: The Men Playing Mas at Carnival

Wearing colorful costumes at Caribbean carnivals isn’t just for women — but the gender politics are more complicated than ever

sharine taylor
LEVEL
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6 min readJan 23, 2020

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