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  2. Trinidad and Tobago Carnival - Wikipedia

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    Canboulay (from the French cannes brulés, meaning burnt cane) [17] The festival was characterized by drums, singing, calinda dancing, chanting, and stick-fighting. [18] [19] [17] [20] Canboulay is considered is a precursor to Trinidad and Tobago Carnival, and has played an important role in the development of the music of Trinidad and Tobago.

  3. Public holidays in Trinidad and Tobago - Wikipedia

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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).

  4. List of Caribbean carnivals around the world - Wikipedia

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    Trinidad and Tobago. TrinidadCarnival, February, Ash Wednesday [45] TobagoTobago 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 ...

  5. 2025 in Trinidad and Tobago - Wikipedia

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    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

  6. J'ouvert - Wikipedia

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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.

  7. 2024 in Trinidad and Tobago - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. List of Trinidad and Tobago Carnival character costumes

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    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.

  9. Canboulay riots - Wikipedia

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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. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] [ 10 ] These immigrants included French planters and 'free coloureds' (free people of mixed race), [ 11 ] [ 9 ] [ 12 ] as well as enslaved Africans.