Trinidad and Tobago Carnival: Part 10 - Ash Wednesday

Filed Under thoughts, articles, series, Trinidad and Tobago Carnival | Posted on March 23, 2007

This is part of the series:

After the frenzied crescendo of Carnival Tuesday all merriment and debauchery ends (or is supposed to end) with the ushering in of Ash Wednesday and the start of the Roman Catholic observance of Lent. My father tells me that ‘back in the day’ all sound stopped at midnight and no calypso would play on the radio with the end of Carnival Tuesday. Things have definitely changed since then! Although you still many individuals with ashes on their forehead heading to work, you are also equally as likely to see the throngs of people who take the day off work and head to the nation’s beaches for a ‘cooldown’.

SIGHTS:

Here you can see some video of Trinidad’s most popular beach, Maracas Bay. The little huts are concession stands, the most popular offering of which is ‘Shark n Bake’ (more on that coming soon!)

SOUNDS:

This year Machel Montano (shown above) launched his new CD “The Book of Angels” on Ash Wednesday at the Zen nightclub. You can read my writeup of his Carnival Friday concert (also at Zen) here.

TASTES:

Fried Fish n Bake

For many in Trinidad Ash Wednesday is a day for relaxing (or partying) at the beach. And the defacto beach snack here in TnT is Fried Fish n Bake :)



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