Tuesday 20 June 2017

Republic Day

People of Trinidad and Tobago celebrate Republic Day with great patriotism in their hearts. Various ceremonies are held throught the island nation to mark this day with hosting of flag to start with. As the day is a national holiday, people celebrate this day by making delicious food and sharing it with family and relatives. Students take pride in performing various patriotic events in their schools just one day prior to the public holiday.
Source: DiscoverTT (2014)


According to NALIS, a Republic is defined as “A state or nation in which the supreme power rests in all the citizens entitled to vote (the electorate), and is exercised by representatives elected, directly or indirectly, by them, and responsible to them.


 Source: Nalis (2014)
Trinidad and Tobago became a Republic on August 1, 1976. The event is celebrated as a public holiday on September 24 because this is the date when the first Parliament met under the new Republican Constitution. The date was removed from the official calendar of holidays from 1999 to 2001 to make way for Spiritual Baptist (Shouter) Liberation Day which is celebrated on March 30. The Republic Day holiday was reinstated in 2002.


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2 comments:

  1. Gershia Mahabir8 July 2017 at 07:12

    Great post. We use to do projects every holiday in school wonder if they still do this!

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  2. L Seech13 July 2017 at 10:39

    Thanks Gershia. They actually still do... it really interesting

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