Editing Carnival (section)

====Caribbean====
[[File:Carnaval Bonaire (1).jpg|thumb|Carnival in [[Rincon, Bonaire]]]]
{{Main|Carnival in the Caribbean}}
Most [[Caribbean]] islands celebrate Carnival. The largest and most well-known is in [[Trinidad and Tobago]]. [[Antigua]], [[Aruba]], [[Barbados]], [[Bonaire]], [[Cayman Islands]], [[Cuba]], [[Curaçao]], [[Dominica]], [[Dominican Republic]], [[Grenada]], [[Guadeloupe]], [[Guyana]], [[Haiti]], [[Jamaica]], [[Martinique]], [[Puerto Rico]], [[Saba (island)|Saba]], [[Sint Eustatius]] (Statia), [[Sint Maarten]], [[Saint Lucia]], [[Saint Kitts]], [[Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands]], [[Saint Vincent (Antilles)|Saint Vincent]], and the [[Grenadines]] hold lengthy carnival seasons and large celebrations.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-04 |title=Things to do in Kingston - Find out why I love it so much |url=https://unique-universe.blog/things-to-do-kingston/ |access-date=2024-02-27 |language=en-US}}</ref>

Carnival is an important cultural event in the [[Dutch Caribbean]]. Festivities include "jump-up" parades with beautifully colored costumes, floats, and live bands, as well as [[beauty contests]] and other competitions. Celebrations include a middle-of-the-night [[j'ouvert]] (''juvé'') parade that ends at sunrise with the burning of a straw [[King Momo]], cleansing sins and bad luck. On Statia, he is called Prince Stupid.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=Caribbean Journal |date=2023-07-13 |title=Statia Kicks Off the Dutch Caribbean's Hottest Summer Carnival |url=https://www.caribjournal.com/2023/07/13/statia-carnival-dutch-caribbean/ |access-date=2024-02-27 |website=Caribbean Journal |language=en}}</ref>

Carnival has been celebrated in Cuba since the 18th century. Participants don costumes demonstrating the island's cultural and ethnic variety.{{citation needed|date=February 2025}}