Discover Trinidad & Tobago 2016 — 25th Anniversary Edition
With our 2016 edition (our 27th), we celebrate 25 years of producing Discover Trinidad & Tobago. Published every year since 1991, Discover Trinidad & Tobago is aimed both at international visitors planning a trip to the islands – whether for an eco adventure, business trip, or beach holiday – and at local Trinbagonians looking to know and explore more about their native islands. Our comprehensive coverage of Trinidad and Tobago — from arts and culture to eco adventures, accommodation to sports, planning flights and transportation and more — can help anyone plan anything from a day trip or weekend escape, to a full-on an adventure holiday or leisurely vacation. It might take a lifetime to truly experience all that the islands have to offer, but at least we can show you where to start. For more: http://www.discovertnt.com • http://www.facebook.com/discovertnt
With our 2016 edition (our 27th), we celebrate 25 years of producing Discover Trinidad & Tobago. Published every year since 1991, Discover Trinidad & Tobago is aimed both at international visitors planning a trip to the islands – whether for an eco adventure, business trip, or beach holiday – and at local Trinbagonians looking to know and explore more about their native islands. Our comprehensive coverage of Trinidad and Tobago — from arts and culture to eco adventures, accommodation to sports, planning flights and transportation and more — can help anyone plan anything from a day trip or weekend escape, to a full-on an adventure holiday or leisurely vacation. It might take a lifetime to truly experience all that the islands have to offer, but at least we can show you where to start. For more: http://www.discovertnt.com • http://www.facebook.com/discovertnt
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Blue devils in Paramin. Photo by Chris Anderson<br />
A Monday alternative:<br />
Paramin<br />
Up in the hills of Paramin, just<br />
outside Port of Spain, an immersive<br />
Carnival tradition offers an<br />
alternative <strong>—</strong> or a complement<br />
<strong>—</strong> to mainstream Monday mas<br />
activities. As the sun gets ready<br />
to set (after 5pm), the blue devil<br />
competition sees bands of hardcore<br />
devils swarm onto Fatima<br />
Junction, beating biscuit tins,<br />
breathing fire, and demanding<br />
payment from the crowd (“pay<br />
de devil” is the chant).<br />
More competitions & mini-festivals<br />
There are countless competitions for Carnival’s<br />
myriad artforms (National Carnival Commission:<br />
ncctt.org):<br />
stick-fighting<br />
calypso in various styles, including the<br />
entirely improvised extempo, and culminating<br />
in the Dimanche Gras event the<br />
Sunday before Carnival. Junior crowns are<br />
also up for grabs<br />
king and queen of the bands (spectacular<br />
individual costumes, junior and senior)<br />
Kiddies Carnival (with some of the best<br />
designs of the season)<br />
events with traditional and historical<br />
emphases, including the Canboulay Riots<br />
Re-enactment (Friday before Carnival),<br />
and mini-festivals where traditional Carnival<br />
mas characters take centre stage<br />
Champs in Concert (a post-Carnival<br />
event featuring all the season’s winners).<br />
discovertnt.com<br />
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