Our Holidays and Festivals

Whether visiting Trinidad and Tobago for the first time or returning home for a visit around any of the 14 national holidays make sure you partake in the local activities.  

JANUARY 1st - New Year's Day Hosay (changes month every year)	FEBRUARY Carnival Monday and Tuesday	MARCH 30th Spiritual Shouter Baptist Liberation Day Phagwa Festival
APRIL  Good Friday Easter Monday  (dates to be determined)	MAY 30th Indian Arrival Day	JUNE Corpus Christi 19th Labour Day Eid-Ul-Fitr (date to be determined)
JULY  Tobago Heritage Festival	AUGUST 1st Emancipation Day 31st Independence Day	SEPTEMBER   24th Republic Day
OCTOBER Divali Ramleela  (date to be determined)	NOVEMBER	DECEMBER 25th Christmas Day 26th Boxing Day

 Interspersed among the national holidays are festivals that are nationally recognised but no days/s are given off. Some festivals as the Tobago Festival go throughout the year.

Each holiday or festival is accompanied by our own unique activities and traditions, some of which are quite memorable. For

some Boxing Day is a day for visiting extended family and friends, Divali is for ‘bursting bamboo’, lighting deyas and eating Indian foods and sweetmeats. As a visitor do not be shy, although a lot of the holidays and festivals arose out of religious customs, in our ‘rainbow country’ almost everyone celebrates all the festivals so feel free to participate and enjoy.

What are your holiday traditions?