Developed by the elite but accessorised by the free blacks, and later the emancipated slaves Carnival signifies freedom, endurance and perseverance. Contemporary Caribbean Carnival has come a long way; it now allows persons of different classes, ethnic groups, religion and gender to celebrate as one people, under one identity throughout one Caribbean.
For example Sugar Mas in St Kitts uses similar grand costumes and vibrate colours that can be seen throughout different carnivals in the region. 

but also want to identify as being “Caribbean”. The two identities are not unified and therefore the immigrant has to try and balance between the two conflicting and separate identities. 

Being black is seen in a  different way to the Dominicans, so in fact, some of the most melanated Dominicans do not accept or claim their "blackness", instead they default to "indo". According to revolvy.com "Indo is a term used to describe Eurasian people who were a migrant population that associated themselves with and experienced the colonial culture of the former Dutch East Indian, a Dutch Colony in Southeast Asia that later became Indonesia."