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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.
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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).
Trinidad and Tobago. Trinidad — Carnival, February, Ash Wednesday [45] Tobago — Tobago Carnival, October, Ash Wednesday [46] Turks and Caicos Islands — Junkanoo Jump Up, in January; United Kingdom – Leeds and London, late August. United States Virgin Islands. Saint Croix — Crucian Carnival, late December/early January Three King's Day ...
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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.
Bon Air Secondary School is a co-educational secondary school in Arouca, Trinidad and Tobago. It is located at the Corner of Bon Air Gardens Junction and the Priority Bus Route, Arouca. Bon Air Secondary School is a five year secondary school consisting of Forms 1-5. The first Principal was Jennifer-Cox Williams. She retired in July 2014.
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.