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South Quay, Port-of-Spain erupt­ed with colour, rhythm and Car­ni­val en­er­gy yes­ter­day, as mas­quer­aders pa­rad­ed be­fore judges and spec­ta­tors in a daz­zling dis­play of cre­ativ­i­ty and spir­it for Car­ni­val Tues­day.

From as ear­ly as 7 am, judges and on­look­ers be­gan as­sem­bling at the Lord Kitch­en­er Stand.

Short­ly af­ter 8 am, mas­quer­aders be­long­ing to the 10 dif­fer­ent sec­tions of The Lost Tribe, which cel­e­brat­ed its 10th an­niver­sary this year, crossed the stage, blend­ing chore­o­graphed moves with un­in­hib­it­ed rev­el­ry to Machel Mon­tano’s Pardy.