Borough Day Celebrations!!!

Point Fortin Borough Day Festival brings more people to T&T than Carnival as it is the biggest event ever to stage with more and more events being added to the 17-day celebration.  Borough Day is celebrated on the first Saturday of May every year.  The Borough Day Festival came from nothing and has grown into what it is today - one of the best attended cultural events in the entire Caribbean.  This festival puts T&T on the global map as far as culture is concerned.
The borough of Point Fortin celebrated its 36th anniversary this year with a week of celebrations beginning two weeks prior to the actual 'borough day event' and culminating in the "Borough Cool Down" on Sunday.   

The annual military parade takes place one week before Borough day and signals the start of the week-long celebrations.  The parade begins at Coronation Park, and then proceeds through the streets of Point Fortin.

Horses at the Parade

Military Parade Crowd

Parade in Progress

Some of the other events that takes place during this 17-day celebrations of borough are:

• Official Borough Launch - takes place at Victor Chin Kit Park 
• Football Festival - featuring former football stars at Cap-de-ville
• Indo-Calypso Jazz event - Pantar with the Masters of Calypso at Clifton Hill Beach Resort
• Junior Swim Meet - takes place at the Point Fortin Community Swimming Pool.
• Icons in D'Sun - midday concert at Victor Chin Kit Park.
• Miss Point Fortin Borough Pageant - Crowning of the queen at Point Fortin East Secondary.
• Liverpool Fete - takes place at Clifton Hill Beach Park.
• An Evening of Elegance - a fashion extravaganza featuring designs by the top designers of south Trinidad takes place at Clifton Hill Beach Park. 
• Borough Marathon Race - usually scheduled for the Sunday before borough day, takes place throughout the streets of Point Fortin. 
• Senior Citizen Treat - special luncheon at Clifton Hill Beach Park.
• Republic Bank Pan on the Parkway

There are many more events to add to the list, but one in particular is the highlight!

The dawn of Saturday will see the eagerly awaited Point Fortin J'Ouvert, an event full of music and steelbands.  Annually, a number of masqueraders from Northern bands make the trek to Point to this J'Ouvert.