Discover Trinidad & Tobago 2020 | Issue 31 | Travel & Destination Guide
Discover Trinidad & Tobago is the islands' longest-running and most trusted destination guide, with all the info you need to plan your holiday, vacation, or exploration of the islands. DTT has published 31 issues since 1991, and helps readers discover where to stay, dine, lime, party, and shop; and what to see (including the islands’ best sites) and experience (festivals, arts and culture, sports, and eco escapes), in both islands. There’s also a national calendar of events; info on getting here and getting around; tips for safe and sustainable travel; T&T history and society in a nutshell, maps; and more. For the fifth edition in the row, the magazine features a distinctive dual-cover design, with one cover for each island — a Phagwa or Holi celebrant in Trinidad (photo by Chris Anderson), and dancers at the Tobago Heritage Festival (photo by Alva Viarruel). For more: https://www.discovertnt.com
Discover Trinidad & Tobago is the islands' longest-running and most trusted destination guide, with all the info you need to plan your holiday, vacation, or exploration of the islands. DTT has published 31 issues since 1991, and helps readers discover where to stay, dine, lime, party, and shop; and what to see (including the islands’ best sites) and experience (festivals, arts and culture, sports, and eco escapes), in both islands. There’s also a national calendar of events; info on getting here and getting around; tips for safe and sustainable travel; T&T history and society in a nutshell, maps; and more. For the fifth edition in the row, the magazine features a distinctive dual-cover design, with one cover for each island — a Phagwa or Holi celebrant in Trinidad (photo by Chris Anderson), and dancers at the Tobago Heritage Festival (photo by Alva Viarruel). For more: https://www.discovertnt.com
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Festivals
There are two significant street
parades: the Emancipation Day
Parade on 1 August, and the
Emancipation Steelband Street
Parade on the first Saturday in August
(Laventille Steelband Festival
Foundation, Eastern Main Road).
Emancipation Support Committee:
628-5008
Hosay
This Trinidadian incarnation of
Islamic Muharram observances
takes place over three nights (Flag
Night, Small Hosay, Big Hosay). The
Flambeux at Emancipation celebrations
La Divina Pastora
The Hindu Ganga Dhara Festival
festival commemorates the martyrdom
of Hussain (the Prophet
Muhammad’s grandson, from
whom the festival’s name comes),
and the later murder of his brother
Hassan. In a lively procession
on the final day, ornate tadjahs
(replicas of Hussain’s tomb) are
first carried through the street,
then cast into the sea. St James is
perhaps the most popular venue
for observances,
but festivities also
take place in Cedros,
Couva, Curepe, and
Tunapuna. The date
varies each year
according to the
moon.
Indian Arrival
Day
This national public
holiday (30 May)
commemorates the
arrival of the first
indentured labourers
from India on
the Fatel Razack
in 1845. More than
140,000 Indians
were recruited over
the next 70 years to
tassa+chutney
Tassa is a drum-driven
music central to the
Muslim festival of Hosay,
but the drums are fused
with other musical forms
and celebrations yearround.
Chutney is born of
Hindi folk songs and
instrumentation (like
the sitar and dholak
drums). There’s also a
hybrid with soca (called,
you guessed it, chutney
soca!).
work Trinidad’s plantations after
Emancipation (1838). Communities
re-enact the arrival of this
first group on beaches around the
country. There are also awards ceremonies;
cultural shows and performances;
religious services; and
more. The Divali Nagar site just
outside Chaguanas hosts many of
the key celebrations.
National Council of Indian Culture:
671-6242
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