Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
Ministry of Tourism, Culture and the Arts
21 January 2022
The Ministry of Tourism, Culture and the Arts takes note of the comments in the public domain related to the headline in Thursday’s (Thursday 20, 2022) Daily Express, “Carnimoreval is On”.
It is unfortunate that the statement released by this Ministry was misinterpreted by the Daily Express, which caused the misleading headline, “Carnival is On”.
This misleading headline has, understandably, generated negative feedback from some of this Ministry’s most valuable Carnival and event industry stakeholders who may have connected the headline in the Daily Express to the Ministry’s positions on Carnival 2022.
To reiterate, the Ministry has proposed a “Taste of Carnival” which would include specific types of Carnival activities for vaccinated persons only in safe zone arrangements deemed to pose the least risk from a public health standpoint in the context of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. These Carnival type activities include, Calypso, Soca, Extempo, Chutney, and Steel Pan shows and competitions usually held during the Carnival season. The Ministry has not proposed that Carnival in its truest sense be held, nor did it ever attempt mislead anyone as it pertains to its proposal for safe Carnival activities to be held during the Carnival season.
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Two questions.
1.Who are the "events industry" and "our valued stakeholders"?
2. Is their need for hold these "events" of greater importance than the need for children to be allowed to go to school?
Thanks.
Have a nice day.
My main interest in Carnival is Pan. When will any info, at all, about specific events be published?