It's 'Bacchanal' carnival fun time as the young and the carefree partied mud mania style in Oracabessa, St Mary, and a Jamaican woman's face now graces the41-cent stamp inAtlanta, Georgia!

It's a case of girls gone muddy at Saturday's 'Bacchanal Jamaica Beach J'ouvert Fête', held at James Bond Beach, Oracabessa, St Mary.

Carole Orane-Andrade and Arsenio Andrade-Calderón perform Bert Rose's 'Ave Verum' at yesterday's Morning of Movement and Music hosted by the National Dance Theatre Company, Little Theatre, Tom Redcam Avenue in St Andrew. - Ian Allen/Staff Photographer

Jennifer Parker (left), née Ffrench, who runs the monthly Crossroads newspaper, stands with her award in the media category, which she received last Friday in Atlanta, Georgia. She is with Elaine Bryan, née Grant, who is this year's recipient of the Diversity Champion 2008 Award for selfless contribution to her community. Mrs Bryan has won several other awards and her picture will be on the 41-cent stamp. - Contributed

These revellers get dirty and get on bad as they party up a muddy storm. - Photos by Winston Sill/Freelance Photographer