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Saturday, February 22, 2025

Unique items at Tobago Heritage craft market

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Kishawna Sebro displays her tie-dye creations.

Kishawna Sebro displays her tie-dye creations.

SHASTRI BOODAN

Unique items can be found at the To­ba­go Her­itage Fes­ti­val’s Craft Mar­ket at Scar­bor­ough. Items in­clude colour­ful jew­ellery made with fish scales and parts of the cal­abash fruit and tree.

Crafts­man Nolan Bobb said he reuses the gi­ant scales of the tar­pon to cre­ate ear­rings and bracelets. Bobb said while the mar­ket at Scar­bor­ough of­fers To­ba­go ar­ti­sans some ex­po­sure, Store Bay was a bet­ter lo­ca­tion be­cause of the larg­er flow of foot traf­fic. Tie dye artiste Kishaw­na Se­bro said she is ex­cit­ed about To­ba­go’s Car­ni­val in Oc­to­ber. Se­bro said her band Tye Dyce City J’Ou­vert would be com­ing out strong with Clown Craze, a colour­ful band. Mar­lene Sharpe and her daugh­ter Sati­va Is­sac were there proud­ly show­ing off bags and oth­er cre­ations us­ing the cal­abash and home­made wines.

John Arnold, CEO of the To­ba­go Fes­ti­vals Com­mis­sion, said this project brought out the cre­ativ­i­ty of the lo­cal crafts­men. Arnold added it was one wor­thy of con­tin­u­ing on a sus­tain­able ba­sis.

Tobago Festivals Commissions CEO  John Arnold, right, speaks with craftsman Nolan Bobb.

Tobago Festivals Commissions CEO John Arnold, right, speaks with craftsman Nolan Bobb.

Marlene Sharpe and  her daughter Sativa Issac show off calabash handbags.

Marlene Sharpe and her daughter Sativa Issac show off calabash handbags.

SHASTRI BOODAN


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