Mas char­ac­ters, so­ca mu­sic, and vi­brant colours filled Princes Town as the Car­ni­val Roots and Cul­tur­al Com­mit­tee of­fi­cial­ly launched Car­ni­val in the dis­trict yes­ter­day.

Chair­man Ale­sia Dy­er-Stoute said the com­mit­tee is com­mit­ted to re­viv­ing the town’s rich cul­tur­al her­itage and bring­ing the com­mu­ni­ty to­geth­er through­out the year.

She said, “Our group is not on­ly fo­cused on Car­ni­val. We al­so work through­out the year for In­de­pen­dence and Eman­ci­pa­tion events. It is a cul­tur­al group, so we are work­ing to­geth­er to bring the com­mu­ni­ty to­geth­er for all events through­out the year.”