{"id":297067,"date":"2023-01-12T15:45:12","date_gmt":"2023-01-12T19:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=297067"},"modified":"2023-01-17T09:09:57","modified_gmt":"2023-01-17T13:09:57","slug":"mas-an-lawi-kicks-off-january-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/mas-an-lawi-kicks-off-january-14\/","title":{"rendered":"Mas An Lawi kicks off January 14"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_297070\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-297070\" style=\"width: 642px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-297070\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Daphne-Vidal.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"642\" height=\"607\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-297070\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daphne-Vidal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The national parade and official opening for Carnival 2023 is set for Saturday, January 14, under the theme: \u201cMas An Lawi\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carnival has not been celebrated in Dominica for the past two years due to Covid-19.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u201cWe will kick off this year\u2019s celebrations this Saturday, January 14, 2023, with the official carnival parade from 3:00 PM and the official ceremony at the Windsor Park Stadium from 6:00 PM immediately following the street parade,\u201d Project Officer at Discover Dominica Authority (DDA) Daphne Vidal said<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She said participating groups and businesses will gather between the Dominica Broadcasting Station (DBS) and Fort Young Hotel, while the Traditional Mas Groups will gather at Peebles Park from 12:00 PM.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cSo the groups will begin assembling at 12 PM on Saturday,\u201d Vidal stated.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She also announced the carnival route.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe parade will start northwards along Victoria Street onto Dame Eugenia Charles Boulevard, eastwards along King George V Street, northwards on Great George \u00a0Street, eastwards of River Bank, south unto Independence Street, east along Kennedy Avenue onto the Windsor Park Sports Stadium for the official opening ceremony,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Furthermore, Vidal mentioned that the Dominica Police Force will also partner with DDA for the opening parade.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She made it clear that there should be no parking along the Carnival route beginning at least an hour before the parade.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vidal went on to say that this year a number of exciting groups will form part of the 2023 Carnival parade.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAs usual our parade will start off with royalty with our calypso king. We will have the Miss Dominica queen contestants, we have five lovely contestants who will be vying for the title of Miss Dominica on February 16,\u201d she noted. \u201cAlso included in the pageantry section of the parade will be the contestants who will take part in the princess show, school pageants, Miss Teen [Dominica], mother\u2019s queen, the creole queens, that will be the winners and the runners up for the Miss Wob Dwiyet and Madam Wob Dwiyet competitions and the junior calypso and bouyon monarch competitors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She added, \u201cWe will also have in the Traditional Mas, the Old Mas Groups, Lapo kabwit , sensay, and stilt walkers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The contemporary mas groups are the National Bank of Dominica (NBD) and Marigot Flag Wavers and we have the Amnesia and Fantasy Tribe costume bands.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She stated that a number of businesses have come on to be part of the parade in order to take part in the business advertising float of the street parade competition.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-297071\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/opening-of-carnival.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"526\" height=\"526\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The national parade and official opening for Carnival 2023 is set for Saturday, January 14, under the theme: \u201cMas An Lawi\u201d Carnival has not been celebrated in Dominica for the past two years due to Covid-19. \u00a0\u201cWe will kick off&#8230;","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":297070,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","footnotes":""},"categories":[68,38,8,77,235,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-297067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-carnival","category-culture","category-entertainment","category-homepage","category-homepage-carousel","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mas An Lawi kicks off January 14 - Dominica News Online<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/mas-an-lawi-kicks-off-january-14\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mas An Lawi kicks off January 14 - Dominica News Online\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The national parade and official opening for Carnival 2023 is set for Saturday, January 14, under the theme: \u201cMas An Lawi\u201d Carnival has not been celebrated in Dominica for the past two years due to Covid-19. \u00a0\u201cWe will kick off...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/mas-an-lawi-kicks-off-january-14\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Dominica News Online\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"Malaika\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-01-12T19:45:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-01-17T13:09:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Daphne-Vidal-e1673550689994.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"642\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"338\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/mas-an-lawi-kicks-off-january-14\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/mas-an-lawi-kicks-off-january-14\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/838be977f4b17551ad9c04956d985730\"},\"headline\":\"Mas An Lawi kicks off January 14\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-01-12T19:45:12+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-01-17T13:09:57+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/mas-an-lawi-kicks-off-january-14\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":423,\"commentCount\":2,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/mas-an-lawi-kicks-off-january-14\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/01\\\/Daphne-Vidal-e1673550689994.jpeg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Carnival\",\"Culture\",\"Entertainment\",\"Homepage\",\"Homepage Carousel\",\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/mas-an-lawi-kicks-off-january-14\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/mas-an-lawi-kicks-off-january-14\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/mas-an-lawi-kicks-off-january-14\\\/\",\"name\":\"Mas An Lawi kicks off January 14 - Dominica News Online\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/mas-an-lawi-kicks-off-january-14\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/mas-an-lawi-kicks-off-january-14\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/01\\\/Daphne-Vidal-e1673550689994.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-01-12T19:45:12+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-01-17T13:09:57+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/838be977f4b17551ad9c04956d985730\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/mas-an-lawi-kicks-off-january-14\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/mas-an-lawi-kicks-off-january-14\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/mas-an-lawi-kicks-off-january-14\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/01\\\/Daphne-Vidal-e1673550689994.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/01\\\/Daphne-Vidal-e1673550689994.jpeg\",\"width\":642,\"height\":338,\"caption\":\"Daphne-Vidal\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/mas-an-lawi-kicks-off-january-14\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Mas An Lawi kicks off January 14\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Dominica News Online\",\"description\":\"The most popular news site in the Commonwealth of Dominica\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/838be977f4b17551ad9c04956d985730\",\"name\":\"Admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4b11ff91eab40baceecc540954738e081ab038af9a7180b8c43b4d0fbb743caa?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4b11ff91eab40baceecc540954738e081ab038af9a7180b8c43b4d0fbb743caa?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4b11ff91eab40baceecc540954738e081ab038af9a7180b8c43b4d0fbb743caa?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"Malaika\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/author\\\/malaika\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Mas An Lawi kicks off January 14 - Dominica News Online","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/mas-an-lawi-kicks-off-january-14\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Mas An Lawi kicks off January 14 - Dominica News Online","og_description":"The national parade and official opening for Carnival 2023 is set for Saturday, January 14, under the theme: \u201cMas An Lawi\u201d Carnival has not been celebrated in Dominica for the past two years due to Covid-19. \u00a0\u201cWe will kick off...","og_url":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/mas-an-lawi-kicks-off-january-14\/","og_site_name":"Dominica News Online","article_author":"Malaika","article_published_time":"2023-01-12T19:45:12+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-01-17T13:09:57+00:00","og_image":[{"width":642,"height":338,"url":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Daphne-Vidal-e1673550689994.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Admin","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Admin","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/mas-an-lawi-kicks-off-january-14\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/mas-an-lawi-kicks-off-january-14\/"},"author":{"name":"Admin","@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/838be977f4b17551ad9c04956d985730"},"headline":"Mas An Lawi kicks off January 14","datePublished":"2023-01-12T19:45:12+00:00","dateModified":"2023-01-17T13:09:57+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/mas-an-lawi-kicks-off-january-14\/"},"wordCount":423,"commentCount":2,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/mas-an-lawi-kicks-off-january-14\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Daphne-Vidal-e1673550689994.jpeg","articleSection":["Carnival","Culture","Entertainment","Homepage","Homepage Carousel","News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/mas-an-lawi-kicks-off-january-14\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/mas-an-lawi-kicks-off-january-14\/","url":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/mas-an-lawi-kicks-off-january-14\/","name":"Mas An Lawi kicks off January 14 - Dominica News Online","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/mas-an-lawi-kicks-off-january-14\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/mas-an-lawi-kicks-off-january-14\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Daphne-Vidal-e1673550689994.jpeg","datePublished":"2023-01-12T19:45:12+00:00","dateModified":"2023-01-17T13:09:57+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/838be977f4b17551ad9c04956d985730"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/mas-an-lawi-kicks-off-january-14\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/mas-an-lawi-kicks-off-january-14\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/mas-an-lawi-kicks-off-january-14\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Daphne-Vidal-e1673550689994.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Daphne-Vidal-e1673550689994.jpeg","width":642,"height":338,"caption":"Daphne-Vidal"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/mas-an-lawi-kicks-off-january-14\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Mas An Lawi kicks off January 14"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/","name":"Dominica News Online","description":"The most popular news site in the Commonwealth of Dominica","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/838be977f4b17551ad9c04956d985730","name":"Admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4b11ff91eab40baceecc540954738e081ab038af9a7180b8c43b4d0fbb743caa?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4b11ff91eab40baceecc540954738e081ab038af9a7180b8c43b4d0fbb743caa?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4b11ff91eab40baceecc540954738e081ab038af9a7180b8c43b4d0fbb743caa?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Admin"},"sameAs":["Malaika"],"url":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/author\/malaika\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Daphne-Vidal-e1673550689994.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=297067"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297067\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":297247,"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297067\/revisions\/297247"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/297070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=297067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=297067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=297067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}