Complex.com<\/a>.<\/p>\nPresented by J\u2019Ouvert International for Arts and Culture and sponsored by Jujuterry, the parade will begin at 2:00pm\u00a0at Church and Flatbush avenues before heading toward Prospect Park.<\/p>\n
The event will include steelpan performances, food and family activities under the theme \u201cOur Culture. Our People. Our Freedom.\u201d It will take place one day before Trinidad and Tobago marks the 64th anniversary of its independence.<\/p>\n
The celebration comes weeks after Brooklyn hosted its inaugural Jamaican Day Parade along the same corridor, adding another Caribbean cultural event to an area with strong ties to the region.<\/p>\n
The Trinidad and Tobago parade gives residents and visitors an opportunity to celebrate the culture and national identity of the twin-island nation.<\/p>\n
The event also marks a milestone in Trinidad and Tobago\u2019s history. The country gained independence from the United Kingdom on Aug. 31, 1962, under Prime Minister Eric Williams, after decades of political and social movements toward self-government. Trinidad and Tobago became a republic in 1976.<\/p>\n
The country\u2019s independence celebrations also have a longstanding tradition at home. Each year, Queen\u2019s Park Savannah in Port of Spain hosts a national Independence Day parade featuring military ceremonies alongside music, dance and other cultural traditions.<\/p>\n
Brooklyn\u2019s celebration will bring elements of that national tradition to Flatbush Avenue through a community-focused parade and picnic.<\/p>\n
Residents and visitors can attend the event beginning at 2:00pm\u00a0on Aug. 30, with the festivities offering a local way to mark Trinidad and Tobago\u2019s independence while showcasing its culture and heritage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Steelpan music, Caribbean food and Trinidad and Tobago\u2019s red, white and black colors take over Flatbush Avenue for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":327398,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,123173,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-327397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-caribbeantrinidad-and-tobagotrinidad-and-tobago-independence-day-parade","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=327397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327397\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/327398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=327397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=327397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}