Trinidad Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Culture== There are multiple festivals on Trinidad, featuring the music of the Caribbean and the [[steelpan]] (which originated on Trinidad and is the country's national instrument); These festivals<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tripadvisor.com/Travel-g147387-s408/Trinidad-And-Tobago:Caribbean:Events.And.Festivals.html|title=Trinidad and Tobago: Events & Festivals - TripAdvisor|website=www.tripadvisor.com}}</ref> include the multi-national, [[Lent|pre-Lenten]] [[Carnival|Carnivál]], [[J'ouvert]], and [[Panorama (music competition)|Panorama]], the national steelpan competition. In addition to the traditional [[Christian holidays]] and official [[public holidays in Trinidad and Tobago|public]] days (such as [[Boxing Day]], [[Christmas]], [[Easter]] Sunday, [[Easter Monday]], [[Emancipation Day]], [[Good Friday]], [[Independence Day]], [[Labour Day]], [[New Year's Day]], and [[Republic Day]]) in Trinidad, the island nation also celebrates a significant percentage of its population's Indian ancestry (of both [[Hinduism|Hindu]] and [[Islam|Muslim]] backgrounds), with officially-recognised holidays such as [[Divali]], [[Eid al-Fitr]] and [[Indian Arrival Day]]. Sites of cultural or religious significance include [[Mount Saint Benedict]] and the [[Temple in the Sea]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discovertnt.com/trinidad-tobago-celebrations-festivals-2015/#axzz57gv1P2Um|title=Trinidad & Tobago celebrations & festivals - Discover Trinidad & Tobago|date=21 January 2015|website=discovertnt.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tntisland.com/festivals.html|title=Trinidad & Tobago Festival & Holidays|website=www.tntisland.com}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page