NCC Launches 31 Days of Traditional Carnival Characters

Port of Spain, Trinidad, June 29, 2015: In a prelude to its July 22 launch of the Carnival 2016 season, the National Carnival Commission of Trinidad and Tobago (NCC) will commemorate the traditional aspects of the national festival with the celebration of the first ever “31 Days of Traditional Carnival Characters.”

Every day this July, the NCC will post engaging pictures and bios of traditional Carnival characters on its website (www.ncctt.org) and on its official social media pages – Facebook and Instagram.

Commenting on the recent development, NCC Chair, Lorraine Pouchet said, “It is important that we, as a people, celebrate and promote the traditional aspects of our festival.”

"Insofar as the NCC strives to do this regularly, guided by our mandate to create sustainability within the season while preserving our cultural identity, we know that our organisation must play an even more active role in awakening the public’s love for traditional characters; especially within the younger ones – the future of our nation.”

All July, the NCC will post pictures and bios of well-known traditional carnival characters like Dame Lorraine, the Midnight Robber, Moko Jumbie, Pierrot Grenade, Fancy Indians, and Sailor Mas. There will also be posts on some of the lesser known characters like the Bats, Minstrels, Bookman, and Baby Doll.

For more information, the public is invited to check out the daily posts on the NCC’s website – www.ncctt.org and on the NCC official Facebook and Instagram pages.