T&T Culture

Posts about the culture of Trinidad & Tobago:

• Holiday Time in Tobago
  TriniSue enjoys the many holiday traditions that occur in Tobago throughout the year, particularly at Christmas time.
• SteelPan For So in Tobago
  TriniSue is blown away by the quantity and quality of steelpan sides in Tobago. This became apparent during the annual Heritage Festival.
• Tobago Carnival – First Time
  TriniSue couldn’t resist getting caught up in the Carnival fever, Tobago style. She signed up in a Tobago Carnival mas band, and had fun!
• A Day at the Races
  TriniSue enjoys a delightful day at the goat races in Buccoo on Easter Tuesday, with plenty of entertainment and good food to satisfy all.
• Carnival Tabanca
  TriniSue expresses her feelings of tabanca over Carnival 2021 being cancelled due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
• How to Avoid Carnival in Trinidad
  TriniSue sips rum punch by a pool instead of joining in the many different aspects of Trinidad Carnival.
• CARIFESTA 2019
  TriniSue is proud and impressed with T&T’s presentation of CARIFESTA. She visited the exhibition a few times as well as attended fringe literature and art events.
• Carnival Monday Mas
  TriniSue teams up with friends to play Carnival Monday mas with Etienne & Friends. They enjoyed three live brass bands and a steelband to experience Carnival the old-fashioned way.
• J’ouvert in Sweet T&T
  TriniSue remembers the feeling of fun and liberation while playing J’Ouvert with Silver Stars Steel Orchestra and Caribs Rugby Club in 2016.
• Parang – Music for the Season
  TriniSue heads to Santa Cruz to lime and dance with the last parang band for the Christmas season.
• Old Years in T&T
  TriniSue enjoys Old Years Night in T&T with champagne and fireworks.
• Christmas in Sweet T&T
  TriniSue gets into the unique feel of Christmas in sweet T&T.
• Divali Celebrations in T&T
  TriniSue enjoys Indian food and admires sparkling rows of lighted deyas during the celebration of the Hindu Festival of Divali in Trinidad
• T&T Film Festival 2018
  TriniSue attends as many films as possible at the Trinidad & Tobago Film Festival 2018.
• Stilt Dancing and Fire Walking
  TriniSue enjoys short films on Moko Jumbies (stilt dancing) and Fire Walkers worshipping the Hindu Goddess, Kali, in Trinidad