Labor Day weekend in the United States is one of the most celebratory times of the year, a holiday that honors the labor force in the U.S. but is simultaneously a symbolic ode to the end of summer. It ...

Together, these voices reveal a steelpan tradition that is neither fixed nor exclusive. In the hands of the Indian diaspora, ...

The sounds of soca, calypso, compas, and reggae boomed along Eastern Parkway as the 57th Annual West Indian American Day Parade made its way from Utica Avenue in Crown Heights to Grand Army Plaza in ...

BROOKLYN, N.Y. (PIX11) — The streets of Brooklyn were awash with color, music, and joy as the West Indian-American Day Carnival Parade transformed Eastern Parkway into a vibrant celebration of ...

Caribbean East Indians trace their heritage to the Southeast Asian Subcontinent, which includes India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Their forefathers — mostly Hindus, Muslims and Christians — started ...

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s West Indian American Day Parade, one of the world’s largest celebrations of Caribbean culture, kicked off Monday with vibrant costumes, colorful flags and the sounds of ...

St. Vincent in the Caribbean has a population of approximately 111,000 persons, consisting mainly of persons of African descent. There are small numbers of mixed persons of Carib and African origin, ...

Explore how Indo-Caribbean musicians use the steelpan to blend Indian musical traditions with Caribbean heritage, shaping identity and innovation.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BROOKLYN, N.Y. (PIX11) — The streets of ...