of events April 6: Jazz Artists on the Greens (Trinidad) 12–14: NEW FIRE Festival 19–22 Easter Weekend: (public holidays Friday and Monday) — hot cross buns, horse racing, and Tobago’s goat and crab races (Mt Pleasant on Monday and Buccoo on Tuesday) are highlights. Look out for the beating of the Good Friday bobolee — an effigy of Judas Iscariot, representing politicians, nefarious characters, and occasionally some particularly bad ex-boyfriends… Bocas Lit Fest — the Trinidad & Tobago Literary Festival Rally Trinidad Tobago Jazz Experience Pt Fortin Borough Day (Trinidad) — full week of J’Ouvert, mas, pan, and parties leading up the big street party Tobago Fashion Coda
May
22: Tobago Sea to Sea Marathon 30 (public holiday): Indian Arrival Day — commemorates the arrival of the first indentured labourers from India in 1845 European Film Festival (Trinidad) May MTB Madness (Tobago) — mountain biking event
June TBC (public holiday): Eid-ul-Fitr — marking the end of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan, and celebrated in homes and mosques 8: Rainbow Cup International Triathlon (Tobago) 15: Yoruba Village Drum Festival (Trinidad) 19 (public holiday): Labour Day, marked by trade union marches
and gatherings in Fyzabad, Trinidad 20 (public holiday): Corpus Christi Ganga Dhaara (Blanchisseuse, Trinidad) — Hindu river festival honouring the descent of India’s sacred River Ganges WeBeat Festival (St James, Trinidad) Tobago Dragon Boat Festival Junior Tobago Heritage Festival
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