5 Steps To Winning At This Year's Calabar Carnival

People gather at Millenium Park, Calabar to see the beautifully arranged bands including those that don’t perform at the Calabar Carnival. A lot of us are interested in seeing the costumes and dances, but the bands have one thing in mind – to win first place.

How do winners during the emerge during the Calabar Carnival? If you don’t know, we want to show you what judges look for. Judging is done all through the 12km march to the stadium. Here are some of the things that the judges look at for during the carnival.

Best Decorated Float At The Calabar Carnival 2015

We got your attention now! You may not be able to pick the best of the bands’ floats that must have taken months to design and build. It costs a lot of money and that is evident during their procession.

Carnival Move

A combination of different troupes may not be easy to maintain during the carnival. The carnival move is one of the criteria used to judge the bands. You will notice that different troupes in a band come with different dance steps and music.

Makeup/Costumes

The judges also consider costumes and make-up. The people involved in these two areas are simply creative magicians. You would love to talk about them. These makeup and costumes are what make the difference.

Best Interpretation of the Calabar Carnival 2015 Theme

The annual Calabar Carnival theme is very important. The bands are expected to recreate their idea of the theme in their costumes, dances, movements and music. Through this, you would see the creativity blended with the message. The messages are clearly seen in the bands when they march out.

Best Reflection of the Carnival Spirit

The spirit of the carnival is what drives everyone witnessing or participating here. You would notice the bands won’t stray from the reflection of the annual carnival spirit. The question we may be asking is, how will the winner emerge from these bands? Every band is good and is not parading to lose. We can leave that decision to the judges who are professionals at their work.

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Now, you know the Calabar Carnival parade is more than you think. What do you think now?