Shas­tri Boodan

The tal­ent of T&T’s young peo­ple was show­cased on Sat­ur­day night when the Na­tion­al Coun­cil of In­di­an Cul­ture (NCIC) held a con­cert as part of its In­di­an Her­itage Month cel­e­bra­tions. The two-hour free show, Youths in Con­cert, held at the NCIC Na­gar, Ch­agua­nas, fea­tured dance, dra­ma, mu­sic and singing.

De­vi Ram­nath, spokesman and mem­ber of the NCIC’s Youth Arm, told the gath­er­ing at the Bis­ram Gopie Hall: “To­day we com­mem­o­rate the ar­rival of our In­di­an an­ces­tors who left be­hind their homes and loved ones to em­bark of a jour­ney to an un­known land which re­sult­ed in them paving the way for gen­er­a­tions of Trin­bag­o­ni­ans of East In­di­an de­scent to fol­low. Their strug­gle, per­se­ver­ance and cul­tur­al lega­cy con­tin­ue to shape our so­ci­ety to­day re­mind­ing us of the im­por­tance of di­ver­si­ty, uni­ty and en­durance.

“This day re­minds us of their brav­ery, their re­silience and their con­tri­bu­tion to our vi­brant T&T so­ci­ety. This year’s theme Yaa­tra Jaa­ree Hain- The Jour­ney Con­tin­ues, high­lights not on­ly the his­tor­i­cal sig­nif­i­cance of this day but al­so its rel­e­vance to our present and our fu­ture.”

The pro­gramme opened with a dance by Am­bay Ab­hi­raj. The show al­so fea­tured the tal­ents of pan­nist Jevon Luke Ram­bar­ran, the Triveni Mandir Dra­ma Group, 2022 NCIC Youth Champ Vic­to­ria Ma­haraj, the Av­o­cat Vedic School Tas­sa Group, Priya Per­sad, Shiv­anand Bas­deo, the Wood­land Dance Acad­e­my and Arkash Carl.