Kar­tik Snaan was ob­served re­cent­ly at Man­zanil­la Beach. Kar­tik is the eighth lu­nar month of the Hin­du cal­en­dar, and Kar­tik Snaan takes place on the full moon day of this sa­cred month.

“Each of you should use what­ev­er gift you have re­ceived to serve oth­ers, as faith­ful stew­ards of God’s grace in its var­i­ous forms.”

On No­vem­ber 1, the Rapid­fire Kidz Foun­da­tion held its An­nu­al Gala Din­ner at Achie­vor’s Ban­quet Hall in San Fer­nan­do.

Last week, fresh off the run­ning of ANSA Mo­tors’s Glow Green 5k in Port-of-Spain, we made a brief men­tion of sus­tain­abil­i­ty, the cause for which that event was staged. We’re go­ing to fin­ish the con­ver­sa­tion; but be­fore we do, a word about these events.

The num­ber of T&T na­tion­als vis­it­ing Turkey has been on the rise, sig­nalling grow­ing in­ter­est and stronger ties be­tween the two na­tions.

Pan Trin­ba­go’s To­ba­go Steel­pan and Pow­der Pa­rade lit up the is­land on Oc­to­ber 25, start­ing from the Coast Guard Base at the cor­ner of Ca­lyp­so Rose Boule­vard and Or­ange Hill Road.

Ca­lyp­so Queen Ter­ri Lyons de­liv­ered a per­for­mance des­tined to be re­mem­bered—pow­er­ful, heart­felt, and brim­ming with the raw emo­tion that has de­fined her artistry. Tak­ing the lead role in the lo­cal­ly pro­duced film Queen of So­ca, Lyons cap­ti­vat­ed au­di­ences with her grace, au­then­tic­i­ty and com­mand­ing pres­ence on screen.

When the Mex­i­can Em­bassy in­vit­ed guests to dress as catri­nas and catrins—the el­e­gant skele­tal fig­ures that em­body Mex­i­co’s dis­tinc­tive re­la­tion­ship with death—or­gan­is­ers were pleas­ant­ly sur­prised by the en­thu­si­as­tic re­sponse.

On Oc­to­ber 23, DH Mai­son host­ed an ex­clu­sive Hol­i­day Cock­tail and Shop soirée, wel­com­ing a se­lect group of guests to an evening that per­fect­ly cap­tured the spir­it of the sea­son.

Fash­ion of all types at Spain’s Na­tion­al Day held at the res­i­dence of Am­bas­sador, Her Ex­cel­len­cy María Cristi­na Pérez Gutiér­rez in St Clair.

Mar­aval will sparkle to­mor­row as the Ro­tary Club of Mar­aval hosts its sec­ond an­nu­al Bub­bles n Beer­fest at the el­e­gant St An­drews Golf Club, Mo­ka, from 7.30 pm to mid­night.

The heart­beat of T&T’s cul­ture will once again re­sound through the Queen’s Park Sa­van­nah when Pan Trin­ba­go launch­es the 2025–2026 Na­tion­al Panora­ma Fes­ti­val to­mor­row at 4 pm.