Laugh­ter, colour, and wide-eyed won­der filled the Na­tion­al Acad­e­my for Per­form­ing Arts (NA­PA) on Sat­ur­day as Spir­it Mas opened the vi­brant world of Car­ni­val to over 100 chil­dren from three chil­dren’s homes across the coun­try dur­ing a spe­cial­ly cu­rat­ed cul­tur­al work­shop.

The ini­tia­tive gave the chil­dren an op­por­tu­ni­ty to ex­pe­ri­ence the artistry be­hind Car­ni­val first-hand, in­tro­duc­ing them to el­e­ments such as stilt walk­ing, cos­tume de­sign, and cre­ative ex­pres­sion, all core com­po­nents of Trinidad and To­ba­go’s cher­ished fes­ti­val.

Di­rec­tor of Spir­it Mas, Dami­an Ba­boolal, said the work­shop was root­ed in a de­sire to in­spire and to safe­guard the fu­ture of the art­form.