Chief Sec­re­tary of the To­ba­go House of As­sem­bly (THA) Far­ley Au­gus­tine has said that the un­prece­dent­ed two-year lull of sea­son­al ac­tiv­i­ties has pre­sent­ed “us with a unique op­por­tu­ni­ty to reimag­ine and re­fine the prod­uct that we sell to the world.”

He made the com­ment in his East­er mes­sage which fol­lows:

East­er con­tin­ues to give To­ba­go a piece of its soul and iden­ti­ty.

In fact, much of the in­ter­na­tion­al face of our is­land has been carved by the fea­tures and tra­di­tions cel­e­brat­ed around this time. For most To­bag­o­ni­ans, it is a sa­cred sea­son of church and com­mu­ni­ty.

The un­prece­dent­ed two-year lull of sea­son­al ac­tiv­i­ties has pre­sent­ed us with a unique op­por­tu­ni­ty to reimag­ine and re­fine the prod­uct that we sell to the world. And so, sim­i­lar to Christ’s jour­ney to Cal­vary, which forms the ba­sis of the East­er sto­ry—the pain en­dured has birthed a new be­gin­ning.

This year, we start again with “A Taste of Buc­coo,” which is sure to rouse the ap­petite of those in at­ten­dance. This event will al­so pro­vide our vis­i­tors with a sam­ple of the East­er ex­pe­ri­ence here in To­ba­go. Al­though small­er than what we have grown ac­cus­tomed to, it still promis­es to pack an ex­hil­a­rat­ing punch.

To my Chris­t­ian broth­ers and sis­ters, who have just con­clud­ed the Lenten sea­son, now is the time for us to praise and re­joice. Now, is the time to re­mem­ber that we serve a liv­ing and mighty God who could not be bound­ed by death or the grave. His mirac­u­lous vic­to­ry re­mains the con­stant source of our pow­er and strength through­out this jour­ney of life.

We have kept the faith over the past two years and soon we will hear the church choirs belt out their favourite East­er hymns once more. The start­ing gates are al­so ready for some goat ac­tion.

And once more, we will fel­low­ship and com­mune with one an­oth­er like we did be­fore but en­sur­ing we do so safe­ly and re­spon­si­bly.

On be­half of the To­ba­go House of As­sem­bly and my fam­i­ly, I want to wish the en­tire is­land and na­tion a safe and re­flec­tive East­er! I have al­so elicit­ed the help of a few spe­cial per­sons to wish you all a blessed and won­der­ful East­er sea­son.