TravelTalkOnline Forums Thread Like Summary - Question: Who likes Carnival & Mardi Gras Celebrations

We have seen these in the Bahamas, Jamaica and Curaçao. But not SXM.

I know everybody likes a party and maybe this is a good old excuse for a party.

But we can take or leave them like any holiday parade.

Question, do the locals put these on for the sake of themselves and they really like the tradition and the spectacle for local purposes?

Or

Do they just put these things on as a Tourists spectacle?

My perception is that it is very much a local celebration, as to Carnival. The one in Grand Case, probably more catered to tourists.