j'ouvert is the party before carnival in Trinidad. It's the early morning "beginning" of the 3 day bachannal. J'ouvert is a french term meaning "day open." It is a fete where you cover yourself in mud/oil/anything and just party like there's no tomorrow.
by mayaro guajiro November 5, 2006
A celebration that originated in Grenada, the Spice Isle where people cover there selves in paint and oil and dance to soca music on the streets. It is very commonly misinterpreted that J'ouvert started Trinidad but it did not. The participants of Jouvert are called Jab Jabs.
by Caribbean gyal_06 July 1, 2020