Judy Raymond

This article by Judy Raymond, produced after reading through contemporary records, first appeared in the Trinidad and Tobago Guardian on July 31, 2014. An edited version is being republished on Global Voices with permission. The petit careme hadn’t come yet, and August 1, 1834, was real rainy-season weather. An all-day rain fell and flooded the streets of Port of Spain, but still a bewildered, bedraggled crowd stood for hours outside Government House.

Features FOR the most part, sculptor Susan “Susie” Dayal is a wirebender, a practitioner of a Carnival art: that is, one associated with a festival of colour, abandon, excess. But she brings to that skill her own minimalist approach, showing that sometimes, as in her current exhibition, less is more. It’s hard to think of other local artists who have used wire in a remotely similar way.

News SECRETARY of Tourism, Culture, Antiquities and Transportation Tashia Burris says Tobago is expecting an estimated 40,000 visitors for this year’s cruise-ship season. She said 40 cruise ships will be coming to the island, 20 fewer than last year. The first is expected to arrive on November 5. “Last year, we had a hugely successful cruise-ship season, with over 60 calls to destination Tobago, bringing over 100,000 visitors to our shores,” Burris said at a news conference on October 28.