Rotterdam, July 29th - After their debut participation back in 2019, Awókey Mas is proud to be back on the road for Rotterdam Carnival in 2023. This year Julien Werleman, the group leader and DJ for Awókey Mas joined forces with Suzanne La Serpe to enable kids to also participate in the Rotterdam Carnival street parade. Suzanne has years of experiences working with kids as she used to manage the children’s section for carnival group La Differentia. She was however forced to find a new group to work with after La Differentia decided to cease operations.

The Workshop Making Carnival Costumes consists of 5 lessons of one hour including a final presentation in which the costumes are shown.
The lessons:
May 30, 19:15 - 20:15 Lesson 1: Intro lesson and explanation Carnival. (Take measurements and fill out size forms)
June 06, 19:15 - 20:15: Lesson 2: Patterns 1 (How to make patterns and hands, feet, belt and neck decorations)
June 13, 19:15 - 20:15 Lesson 3: Patterns 2 (Finishing patterns for embellishments)
June 20, 19:15 - 20:15 Lesson 4: Decorating clothes 1 (Glue stones and/or feathers)
June 27, 19:15 - 20:15 Lesson 5: Decorating clothes 2 and final presentation

ZIGGY MARLEY has called for all of Jamaica’s beaches to be made accessible to local people.
This comes following months of reports that some local Jamaicans were being denied access to some beaches on the island.
A leading campaign group, Jamaica Beach Birth right Environmental Movement (JABEM), claim the law which regulates Jamaicans right to access all beaches stems from the colonial era and is “racist” and discriminatory and they want this changed.