As cost of alcohol increases: Kinetic Mas invites people to bring their drinks.

KINETIC MAS has taken an unusual approach to increased alcohol prices – a decrease in the price of its costumes.

Finance Minister Davendranath Tancoo announced an increase in excise duties on alcohol and tobacco products during the reading of the 2025/26 budget presentation. Excise duties are indirect taxes on specific products or services like alcohol and tobacco.

Although many might have to increase their prices because of the increase in alcohol, Peter Samuel and the band’s board decided to take a nostalgic approach and go back to the days when people walked with their own alcohol.

The band’s 2026 presentation is You...The Masterpiece, designed by artist Sheldon Warner.

Despite the increase in the price of alcohol and rising geopolitical tensions, the band will proceed, Samuel said in an in-person interview on October 29.

It hopes to maintain its size as a medium band, hosting approximately 400 masqueraders. Read More