In­nis Fran­cis

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Scores of rev­ellers in more than 30 J’Ou­vert bands pa­rad­ed through the streets of Point Fortin to cel­e­brate the Bor­ough’s 43rd an­niver­sary yes­ter­day.

The high­ly an­tic­i­pat­ed event was heav­i­ly manned by tac­ti­cal of­fi­cers from the De­fence Force and oth­er spe­cial units with­in the pro­tec­tive ser­vice.

Fire breathers, blue dev­ils, iron men, and oth­er in­di­vid­u­als moved to the judg­ing point at Richard­son Street and along Ad­ven­ture Road to the Vic­tor Chin Kit Park and along Mar­ket Square be­fore com­plet­ing the full route.

May­or Saleema Thomas al­so at­tend­ed the cel­e­bra­tions which be­gan at 4.30 am. Fash­ion­ably at­tired in a swim­suit, she com­mend­ed the Point Fortin Bor­ough plan­ning com­mit­tee for the suc­cess of the J’Ou­vert.

Revellers from the Point Fortin’s Till D Wheels Fall Off J’Ouvert presentation.

INNIS FRANCIS

The may­or, who did not play with any par­tic­u­lar band, said, “This is ex­act­ly what we want­ed, the bands I pre­sent­ed my­self to this morn­ing were ac­ci­dent and in­ci­dent free, and they were all hav­ing a lot of fun. I en­cour­age peo­ple to come and have a safe and clean Bor­ough Day cel­e­bra­tions.”

The cel­e­bra­tions came three years af­ter the COVID-19 pan­dem­ic hit the world. This year’s ac­tiv­i­ties in­clude the May­or’s Char­i­ty All-In­clu­sive Lega­cy Event, Civic Re­cep­tion and Awards Cer­e­mo­ny, In­di­vid­ual Iron Rhythm, Re­flec­tions, Stick Fight­ing, Ju­nior and So­ca Mon­archs, the Mil­i­tary Pa­rade, and Pri­ma­ry and Sec­ondary Schools’ com­pe­ti­tions. 

Blue Devils in the band Illusions J’Ouvert. 

INNIS FRANCIS