There may have been issues with the costumes but YUMA never disappoints with the energy and the vibe. "I still haven't gotten the correct backpack but I used up all my vacation and spent all this money to not have a good time. Loop chatted with a few other masqueraders who had similar complaints but all seemed to be forgotten and forgiven when they took to the streets on Carnival Monday.Īs fate would have it, we caught up with JoJo late in the afternoon. I didn't leave America to come to Trinidad for this." That was around 2pm, as you can see it's almost 6 o clock now. "I said well darling if you don't know where the costume is you better know where my money is and hand it over right now! She asked me to wait a while. "The girl told me she didn't know where it was," she told Loop. One YUMA masquerader who registered to play in the Emerald City section, said her costume was no where to be found when she went to collect it. to be best known in Carnival glass in marigold and. they told us to come back in the morning but I'm not leaving. This has been done in the hope that such an index, faulty and incomplete though it is, will be of service. We've been here since 11am and I don't know. Someone who was passing by told us to come here (the distribution centre on Gray Street. They told us to go to one place, when we got there it was locked up. We brought it to be replaced but they said the most they could try to do is repair it. Another of my friends, her stuff is just falling apart. One of my friends got the wrong bra and they don't have stock to change it to the correct one. We chatted briefly with a group of five friends who had to return their costumes for different reasons.Īround 6pm on Sunday, the groups spokesperson who asked to be identified as JoJo, told Loop "I haven't gotten my backpack yet, they said it isn't ready. Loop News chatted with several masqueraders who expressed their dissatisfaction with the customer service and the quality of the costumes. There was a sense of chaos within the YUMA camp in the days leading up to the highly anticipated street parade. There was a sea of beautiful women and handsome men clad in gorgeous costumes all with bright smiles- evidence of their inherent as they had the time of their lives. The troupe appeared to have all the makings of a fantastic Carnival road experience. Loop News captured the band as they moved through Tragarete Road. Despite several hiccups leading up to the big day, YUMA masqueraders seemed to have a grand time when they took to the streets on Carnival Monday.
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