By Catherine Serrant, Research Assistant, National Trust of Trinidad and Tobago Being a Research Assistant for the National Trust definitely has its perks, and a primary one would be the monitoring exercises carried out by the Heritage Preservation and Research...
A look at how parang connects us to various aspects of the heritage of Trinidad and Tobago.
With 2020 flying by, and Christmas speedily approaching, the National Trust of Trinidad and Tobago wishes to share a few sites you and your loved ones can learn about and share in the festivities this Christmas season. Morton Memorial Presbyterian Church...
September 24th 2020 is Trinidad and Tobago’s 44th Republic Day anniversary. We officially gained Republic status on August 1st, 1976, but the holiday is celebrated on September 24th as this was the day of the Republican Parliament’s first sitting. Being a...
The right to vote in Trinidad and Tobago was granted by the British Government as a result of hard work and activism by Trinbagonians. It was part of the 20th century anti-colonial movement. The right to vote is part of the long struggle for the right to govern...
Usually, when the story of African retention in Trinidad and Tobago is told it is about an inheritance passed on from slavery. However, the story of the Rada community is unique. The practice of Vodun, the religion of the Rada people, was not retained from the period...
Ramleela is a Hindu tradition that takes place every year before Divali. Last October, The National Trust went up to the Ramleela grounds in Cedar Hill, Princes Town, which boasts one of the oldest Ramleela celebrations in Trinidad.Ramleela is a dramatic re-enactment...
The site of the Treasury Building, where the Government Treasury, Post Office, Savings Bank and Bonded Warehouse were housed, is significant in the historical account of slavery’s end as well as the declaration of the Emancipation Day holiday. On August 1st 1834, in...
To celebrate World Environment Day, we want to highlight some of the Natural Heritage Sites across Trinidad and Tobago.Rock Formation, La Lune, Moruga – Marac, the rural village between the Moruga foothills and Columbus Channel. The village expanded in the 19th...
Woodford Square was established in 1917 by Mayor Dr. E Prada – it was so named to honour Sir Ralph James Woodford, who had significantly contributed to the landscape of Port of Spain.The story of what we know today to be Woodford Square goes back to 1787. 1. Woodford...
Have you ever had the pleasure of meeting a lazy barracuda? Have you seen the long tail streamer that came very close to beating the scarlet ibis to the title of our national bird? How about viewing the remains of the largest brain coral in the western hemisphere
Belmont from my back step I have lived in Belmont my entire (short) life and before having interned at the National Trust, the most I could have told you about my beloved community was that: top-notch driving is required to navigate the narrow streets; every few steps...