I'm here in Jamaica for Carnival and I'm going to show you the behind the scenes of
this crazy party that they have here and I did do a giveaway for one person to
come with me to Jamaica. Tiarra! Tiarra is from Jamaica - well, you're Jamaican heritage.
What did you think when you won? Like, what are the odds?
I'm just so exciting and I'm so happy to be here. The plan is to dance a lot, drink
a lot, just have a lot of fun. Yes! Let's go do it!
Right now I'm prepping for Carnival in April, so we're trying on some of the
costumes and this is one of the options. What are we thinking of this? Very revealing.
Probably the most revealing thing I've worn in public.
But you know what? You got
to do what the locals do. That's what I say.
Okay? Everyone else is going to look like this so... Now we put the wings on!
This is Alexa, she's the carnival leader. So tell us, what are some tips that we
can really you know maximize our time there? Okay so carnival starts early for the
ladies, of course, because we start with makeup. So you make up early in the
morning, then you get your costumes on and you're ready, and you always have to make
sure that you have on the most comfortable sneakers, or boots, whatever! You know you
always want to keeping cute on the road so you have like your little lipsticks, and
you have a fanny pack. Sure, because I was wondering where do I put anything with this type of...
How long are we dancing? How long? For like the entire day.
How do you eat? We have lunch stops. Oh there are lunch stops!
And we have dinner in the night. So you'll be fine. It's the perfect day. Perfect day. And what about
drinking? What's the policy on that? Should I not drink? Should I drink? What
do you feel like? It depends on how much you can handle. I tell you to drink, but you
don't want to get drunk, that way you don't remember the day. Yes, sure. So you want to be
maybe nicely buzzed during the carnival, but not drunk so we have to carry you to the ambulance.
So all you need to do is be cute. Come out comfy.
What are some dance moves that you recommend?
Could you show me?
I'll show you on the road.
And this is my look today. What do you think? Is this is this what I
should wear for Carnival? Because this is what I feel like I should wear.
Yesssss!
I'm here Xodus carnival, and this is my costume that I'll be wearing it during
the parade. I'll be jumping with them, which is the term they just taught me to use, and this my headpiece.
It reminds me of very much of Jasmine, you know from Aladdin, really into it.
It's not a full thong, which I'm like fine showing a little boob, why not? So I'm
really excited. They're gonna order this. We have to do some measurements, sizing. And then
I get my costume. I going to learn dance. I get to keep this costume, but in order
to transport it back you have to get a feather permit, so I'm not sure what that
entails. This bad boy is coming out every year for Halloween, like until I'm just like - it's not appropriate
to wear anymore, which I'm gonna go ahead and say is like 45.
We're here at the factory right now and this is where they
put together on the feathered items. And a lot of it is behind the back. It's the
wings. These feathers are ostrich and chicken feathers that are dyed and
they're from the US and we have workers here that just glue feathers all, like
pretty much, all day long. It's crunch time right now because Carnival is in one
month, so this is what they're doing on this Saturday afternoon. Just gluing
feathers and looking fabulous.
I'm here to try on my costume, but first, in traditional carnival style. We're doing shots.
This is Patron coffee with some cream.
Cream liquor. Cheers! Cheers to carnival. Let's get it started.
I'm number 8.
Let's get the costume!
This is the back room where they store all of the wings. People have been coming
here all day to pick up their costumes. These are just some of the amazing
creations. They're all made by hand here. Let's take a look at these gorgeous,
gorgeous costumes, and I want to find mine. I think it might be this one.
Carnival is about to begin. I just went to Exodus to pick up my
costume, and I also got some eyelashes because apparently people wear big
eyelashes, colorful makeup, and like rhinestones all over their face. People
are walking around with feathers everywhere, it's very exciting energy.
I can't wait to try out my costume for the first time.
It's going to be awesome!
We're on our way to Carnival.
It's a hour-and-a-half drive, and we're trying to untangle this necklace thing.
So then I put this around my neck and then I got the eyelashes, the headpiece,
the gemstones here. It'll be really nice
Okay good!
Ready for this part.
My costume is on. I am ready to go. One thing I did not expect is that people constantly want
to take photos. So it's gonna be a little tricky to film but we're going to try to
film this experience for you without getting interrupted by taking a million photos.
See you on the road!
I'm going to party, I'm going to drink, and I'm going to have fun.
We are ready to go. I got my wings here.
Look at all the girls in the car. Oh my god. So many. I love it!
So now we're headed to the entrance of the parade, right? Yeah! And then we start and
the way it works is you get little cups like this, and you can fill it with alcohol
the whole the whole time, and try not to get too intoxicated. That's the plan.
Drink a lot of water, wear a lot of sunscreen, and dance as hard as you can. Yep!
Have an awesome time! Yeah! It's carnival!
We've been marching in carnival now for two hours.
Right? Yes!
And now it is lunch time. We get these wrist bands.
We get lunch, we get dinner, we get wine down.
And now we are waiting for a coconut because you can't be drinking all day and not get hydrated.
I agree. It's just a bad decision for your health. Yeah. So stay healthy.
This year I am jumping with Xodus, and they are pretty great to do that with
because there's a huge variety of food options, and they can give you massages during lunch.
And they have a costume repair center. They also have a medical center and they also have tons of variety of food.
They had Jamaica food, Chinese food, Italian food, Vegetarian. I mean the list goes on. It's pretty awesome.
So cheers to that!
Thanks for watching my behind the scenes at Carnival in Jamaica. If you
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you next time. Bye!