A heavy se­cu­ri­ty pres­ence marked the start of Car­ni­val Tues­day in San Fer­nan­do as Blue Dev­ils joined the first band on the road Fyr­na­tion, sig­nal­ing a de­ter­mined push to re­vive South mas.

The Blue Dev­ils, a tra­di­tion­al Car­ni­val char­ac­ter added a dra­mat­ic flair to the launch of Fyr­na­tion Car­ni­val band’s pre­sen­ta­tion, “So­lara”, as mas­quer­aders moved off un­der the watch of a 60-mem­ber se­cu­ri­ty team.

Band leader Sasha Sinanan said safe­ty was the top pri­or­i­ty for the rel­a­tive­ly young band, now in its sec­ond year.