For many, the town of Punta Cana is the perfect travel destination year round, but during the month of February is when the area is truly special. This year, thousands of local and foreign visitors ...

When people hear "carnaval" they think of Rio de Janeiro, Italy, even Mardi Gras. To me, as a Dominican, it means a celebration with the most colorful costumes, traditional music, and Dominican pride.

February is a very special month in the Dominican Republic. Not only does the country celebrate its National Independence Day on February 27, but there are also Carnival festivities and the beginning ...

Carnaval takes place on each weekend of February, with parades on Sundays, culminating with the largest one on Feb. 27, Dominican Independence Day. Many Dominican cities and towns have their own ...

More than a century after the Dominican Republic declared its independence from Haiti, about 240 Five College students gathered in the Student Union Ballroom at the University of Massachusetts to eat, ...

A small, pothole-laden city in the central valley of the Dominican Republic, anchored by a concrete-pillared, irregularly shaped cathedral whose decidedly ugly look takes some time to grow on you, La ...

Carnival in the Dominican Republic is more than just a celebration. According to Rubén Durán and Donna Pinnick, the filmmakers behind the documentary Colores del Carnaval Dominicano, along with being ...