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The table shows a list of Trinidad and Tobago Carnival dates from 2009 to 2020. [2] Calendar year ... This page was last edited on 30 September 2024, at 04:13 (UTC).
The annual Carnival in Trinidad dates back to the 1780s, when an influx of immigrants from the French West Indies emigrated to Trinidad in response to the Cédula de Población. [10] [11] [12] These immigrants included French planters and 'free coloureds' (free people of mixed race), [13] [11] [14] as well as enslaved Africans.
J'ouvert (/ dʒ uː ˈ v eɪ / joo-VAY) (also Jour ouvert, Jouvay, or Jouvé) [1] [2] [3] is a traditional Carnival celebration in many countries throughout the Caribbean. The parade is believed to have its foundation in Trinidad & Tobago, with roots steeped in French Afro-Creole traditions such as Canboulay.
Source: [1] 1 January – New Year's Day; 3–4 March – Carnival 30 March – Spiritual Baptist/Shouter Liberation Day 31 March – Eid al-Fitr 18 April – Good Friday 21 April – Easter Monday
Saint-Martin — Carnival, February, Ash Wednesday [41] Saint Vincent and the Grenadines — Vincy Mas, late June/early July [42] Saint Eustatius — Statia Carnival, late July/early August [43] Sint Maarten — Carnival, late April/early May [44] Trinidad and Tobago. Trinidad — Carnival, February, Ash Wednesday [45]
A wide variety of costumes (called "mas") depicting traditional Trinidadian Carnival characters are seen throughout the Trinidad and Tobago Carnival. After emancipation in 1838, freed slaves combined African masking culture with French colonial influence [ 1 ] to create characters that parodied the upper-class customs and costumes of Carnival.
17 January – Three people are killed and five others injured during a mass shooting against a group of men outdoors in Morvant. [1]7 February – The barge MV Gulfstream capsizes off the coast of Tobago, producing an oil spill that affects 15 kilometers of the island's coastline [2] and prompting the declaration of a national emergency.
The country of Trinidad and Tobago has a high literacy rate, thanks in part to public education being free from ages 5 to 18 and compulsory from the ages of five to sixteen. In addition to public education, there are many faith-based schools and other educational institutions that are either partially funded and thus charge some tuition, or are ...