Trinidadian NYC is centered in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. There are more Trinidadian communities nearby in Nassau County, Long Island.
Dance Theatre of Harlem Premieres Geoffrey Holder’s Trinidadian Ballet “Dougla” Online
ONLINE Through August 2, 2020
PREMIERE Sat, July 25 at 8pm
TALKS & WORKSHOPS
Wed-Sat, July 22-25, 2020
DTH SOCIAL CHANNELS
Trinidadian Festivals in NYC
J’Ouvert and the Labor Day Carnival West Indian Day Parade are New York City’s big Trinidadian celebrations. Trinidad Carnival is the mother of Caribbean Carnival traditions.
J’Ouvert Parade 2019
Monday, September 2, 2019
PROSPECT PARK, Brooklyn ~ The J’Ouvert Parade forms at Grand Army Plaza, marches through the Park, to Empire, and down Nostrand to Midwood St
West Indian Day Parade 2019
Thu-Mon, Aug 29-Sep 2, 2019
LABOR DAY WEEKEND
Reggae Afrobeats Soca
Summer Jam Youth Fest
BrassFest
Junior Carnival Parade
Panorama Steelband Championship
Dimanche Gras Carnival Sunday Party
VIP Breakfast
Parade
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn ~ The Brooklyn Museum and the Parade on Eastern Avenue turns the neighborhood into a Caribbean Carnival
Trinidadian New Yorkers
Dance Theatre of Harlem carries on Trinidadian traditions through the work of Trinidadian-American actor, dancer, musician and artist Geoffrey Holder.
Cardi B is Gettin Real
March 14, 2020
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Brooklyn DJ iMarkkeyz remixes Cardi B’s Instagram rant. It’s charting and they are donating proceeds to CoronaVirus victims.
Trinidadian Artists
Trinidadians don’t consider themselves Latin because Britain was the last colonizer. However Spanish and French Latin culture are part of Trinidadian culture. It is one of the homes of Caribbean Creole (African-French) culture. Trinidad also has South Asian culture.
Trinidad is famous for its calypso and soca culture. Soca is calypso with South Asian influences.
Mighty Sparrow
Saturday, December 7, 2019
NOHO, NYC ~ The living legend of Trinidadian calypso plays Joe’s Pub
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago are a pair of islands in the Lesser Antilles. Trinidad is less than seven miles from the Venezuelan mainland.
The islands have a diverse culture that is a rich mix of:
- Indigenous Carib
- Spanish, French and British colonizers
- Africans
- South Asians
- A little of everybody else
As the last colonizers, British culture is an important part of Trinidadian culture. On the South American mainland, Guyana has a similar culture.
Trinidad and Tobago has a plurality of Trinidadians with a South Asian heritage. Descendants maintain some South Asian traditions.
Trinidad and Tobago Carnival 2021
Tuesday, February 15-16, 2021
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad
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Caribbean carnival traditions around the world are based on Trinidad & Tobago Carnival.
Diwali
Saturday, November 14, 2020
The East Indian festival of lights is a national holiday in parts of the Caribbean with a large diaspora from India, including Suriname, Guyana, and Trinidad and Tobago
