Carnival

Jamaica Carnival: In 1989 Byron Lee along with a small band of believers came together to plan what has since grown to become the biggest event in Jamaica. He defied the odds, cast-off doomsday predictions of failure by "established" critics, and embarked upon his most ambitious project ever in his 30 odd years in the music business.

Jamaica Carnival - pageantry, spectacle, revelry, greeted the masses on the afternoon of Sunday, April 22, 1990, and achieved what many had unsuccessfully tried before. This stellar event was the first mas festival which united the people, musically, culturally and socially - in a land where class is a strong, silent, social divider. Even more phenomenal is that with tens of thousands of Jamaicans coming together to enjoy themselves, to celebrate their lives and their humanity, there was not one report of theft, violence or mean-spiritedness.