With one of the biggest parties of the summer just around the corner, Priscilla Mobin puts the final touches on one of the more elaborate pieces she’s designed for the Toronto Caribbean Carnival Grand Parade. Mobin’s section is one of nearly a dozen in Carnival Nationz, one of the more prominent masquerade bands – or mas bands – in Toronto. Carnival Nationz’s theme this year is a familiar one, having to do with a major soccer event that just ended. The band says there are nearly 1,000 masqueraders in their group alone this year, split up into different sections representing different countries. Getting people together, having fun, different cultures, different backgrounds,” added Aguiton.