Junkanoo

Toronto’s Caribbean Carnival is an Emancipation-rooted culture season whose mas bands, King and Queen show, steelpan and fete network extend far beyond the Lakeshore photograph.

Barranquilla is a living Caribbean carnival of cumbia, comparsas, comedy and neighbourhood participation - not a smaller Rio waiting to be upgraded.

São Paulo’s street Carnaval is an enormous resident-built network of blocos whose neighbourhood identities matter more than any single postcard route.