WASHINGTON, DC – HookieLife Leisure proudly presents the extremely anticipated J’ouvert and Mas occasions which have turn into a fixture throughout its annual weekend of festivity, Hookie Weekend. The beloved staples ‘Lion’s Pleasure J’ouvert’ and ‘Riddim & Highway’ are again for 2023 with inventive themes a lot to the delight of patrons.
Happening on the Rosecroft Raceway on Saturday June 17th and Sunday June 18th respectively, Lion’s Pleasure J’ouvert and Riddim & Highway are each celebrations of Caribbean tradition, music, and vibrant revelry. These exhilarating occasions promise to arouse the DMV with an explosion of color, power, and energizing rhythms that may captivate the varied assortment of attendees.
Lion’s Pleasure J’ouvert
For 2023, Lion’s Pleasure J’ouvert bears the theme ‘Pirates of The West Indies’. Together with mud, paint, powder, music vehicles and drinks vehicles, the promoters have at all times amplified the vibe by encouraging patrons to decorate up in character to match the annual theme. One can count on an onslaught of swashbuckling get-ups and regalia for this 12 months’s version of the large-scale J’ouvert affair.
Riddim & Highway
The fan favorite, Riddim & Highway which is Hookie Weekend’s reply to the ‘fairly mas’ expertise is that this 12 months themed ‘Home of Playing cards’. As finished in earlier years, the occasion permits the members to design their very own costumes, make the most of their ‘Monday Put on’ or to masquerade with outdated costumes from earlier worldwide carnivals.
HookieLife crew member Jason Bough touched on the motivation behind the 2023 themes for these occasions stating, “As we at all times attempt to activate creativity in our company, this 12 months we had been brainstorming a theme for Lion’s Pleasure that might be enjoyable, uniquely Caribbean and one that might affect a number of costume variations, specifically totally different island-styled approaches to the costumes, thus Pirates of The West Indies was conceived”.
He continued, “The Home of Playing cards theme is a commentary on the fragility and fleeting nature of life. For this 12 months’s Riddim & Highway, we now have partnered with an expert designer to seize the essence of our motif and to create distinctive ‘Home of Playing cards’ costumes for buy.”
These occasions are geared to move attendees to the vigorous streets of the Caribbean and to offer an unforgettable expertise for all.
Lion’s Pleasure J’ouvert and Riddim & Highway are 2 important components of Hookie Weekend (together with the occasions ‘Launch Remedy’, ‘Hookie DC Pool Get together’, ‘Shine DC’ and ‘Oasis’) but additionally add crucial worth to the general mission of HookieLife Leisure, that’s to create a grand showcase of the wealthy cultural heritage and traditions that positively outline the Caribbean.
Originally posted 2023-06-10 20:42:43.