Antigua’s Carnival Season Kicks Off with #CarnivalIsCalling Social Media Takeover

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Steven IBIS Freeland - learning to walk in skills amongst a group of cultural performers

As the excitement continues to build for Antigua’s Carnival, ‘The Caribbean’s Greatest  Summer Festival’, the Ministry of Education, Sports & Creative Industries, in conjunction  with the Antigua and Barbuda Festivals Commission (ABFC), is excited to launch its Social  Media takeover campaign, #CarnivalIsCalling, for the 2023 Carnival season. 

The #CarnivalIsCalling campaign is the clarion call for all Carnival aficionados,  stakeholders, practitioners, participants and enthusiasts to fully immerse themselves in  the activities leading up to and during Antigua’s Carnival.  

#CarnivalIsCalling asks you to answer the call for Mas, Music and Creativity Antigua  Carnival 2023. 

Carnival lovers are encouraged to use the campaign hashtag across social media,  highlighting their preparations for the summer festival, whether it ranges from – practising  stilt-walking, singing the latest soca song, attending the calypso tent, choosing their  favourite costume, supporting their pageant contestant, attending the pre-carnival fetes,  showcasing their dance moves, or their favourite costumes. 

The #CarnivalIsCalling campaign will be supported by popular entertainers whom the  Ministry has called upon to spread the Carnival excitement and spirit throughout their  networks.

The entertainers include:

Steve IBIS Freeland Jr. – @steveibis 

Steven IBIS Freeland

Mongoose – @Mangoosestudio  

Mongoose

Dennis Menace Roberts – @Meance_xl 

Dennis Menace Roberts

Island Prince – @islandprince268 

Island Prince

Billy King Warrior – @kingwarrior 

Billy King Warrior

Leanda-Ann Norville – @Leandanorville 

Leanda-Ann Norville

Lyricks Man – @lyricksman 

Lyricks Man

Claudette CP Peters – @ Cpthediva 

Claudette CP Peters

Mario Benjamin @fetetracker 

Mario Benjamin

The carnival influencers will be sharing with their audiences how they are answering the  carnival call while incorporating Antigua Carnival messaging into their respective posts.  

Steven IBIS Freeland, Influencer, excited to exercise his role as the newly appointed  influencer, took to the Streets of St. John’s in a Carnival costume to call out persons to  answer the call to Carnival.

Freeland was also seen on social media showcasing his stilt walking skills amongst cultural performers.  

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  1. The nudeness continues If what you all call carnival. On Sunday I saw the women coming from the fete down pensioners beach naked so to speak and drunk at that. I guess those young men that are going around raping are having a field day .

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