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Monday, May 5, 2025

Tobagonians celebrate Indian Arrival Day

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1799 days ago
20200531

Sto­ry by SHAS­TRI BOODAN

 

The To­ba­go Hin­du So­ci­ety (THS) cel­e­brat­ed In­di­an Ar­rival Day 2020 by dis­trib­ut­ing meals of In­di­an food to mem­bers of the pub­lic, per­sons work­ing in the es­sen­tial ser­vices and to the needy.

Pres­i­dent of the So­ci­ety, Pul­wat­tie Beepath, told Guardian Me­dia that the THS part­nered with the In­di­an High Com­mis­sion to fund the event. 

Speak­ing at her Mt Marie, Scar­bor­ough res­i­dence, where ac­tiv­i­ties took place on Sat­ur­day, Beepath said there are around 5,000 In­do-Trinida­di­ans liv­ing on the sis­ter is­land. She said many have come to work or re­side in To­ba­go.

“The In­di­ans in To­ba­go have con­tributed in ar­eas of busi­ness de­vel­op­ment, cul­ture, pub­lic ser­vice and the me­dia,” she points out. “Since its since its in­cep­tion in the 1980s, the THS has gone a long way in ed­u­cat­ing the peo­ple of To­ba­go on sev­er­al as­pects of In­di­an Cul­ture.”

Beepath said the THS was be­ing guid­ed as to how they would con­tin­ue with fu­ture cel­e­bra­tions on the sis­ter isle, in­clud­ing Di­vali.


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