00:00This is Trinidad. This is where my mother was born and where I've spent much of my life visiting family over the years.
00:09Now, it's 2 a.m. in the morning. I'm in Corte Spain, the capital, and everybody here is getting ready for Jouvet,
00:16a colourful, muddy, messy, joyful chaos of a night that kicks off Harnival here, the best party in the world.
00:24Can you feel it? The energy is electric here.
00:36Huge banks of paint that are going to be thrown everywhere.
00:41Covering themselves in paint and mud, revelers reconnect with deep ancestral roots and with nature.
00:56And so it begins!
01:07Much of the art, music and stunning carnival costumes is inspired by the thousands of different species that call this island home.
01:15It's all part of the remarkable relationship between wildlife and people that I'm in the Caribbean to explore.
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