Shal­iza Has­sanali

Though the route re­mains the same, de Sil­va said ten new large bands, the Peo­ple's Band and a Catholic Band will be join­ing thou­sands of rev­ellers on the streets."We are talk­ing about in ex­cess of 30,000 new mas­quer­aders par­tak­ing in Car­ni­val 2011. My con­cern would be the con­ges­tion." He said if all the bands cross the stage by 8pm on Car­ni­val Tues­day "it will be a great Car­ni­val."