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Social Studies - The Revision section beginning with no. 11 Which of these festivals is
celebrated by both Roman Catholics and Hindus? to no. 25y
11. The festival celebrated by both Roman Catholics and Hindus is La Divina
Pastora.
12. OPEN ANSWER e.g. Independence Day – We celebrate our separation from the
Queen of England and the national emblems.
13. In Trinidad and Tobago, our Universal Children’s Day is celebrated on November
20th for two days.
14. Three Rights of the child are:
a. Article 6 is the right to live,
b. Article 7 is the right to a registered name and nationality,
c. Article 9 is the right to live with parents, unless it is bad for them
d. Article 13 is the right to talk, draw or express information (freedom of
expression)
e. Article 14 is the right to think and believe what they want and worship any
religion. THERE ARE MANY OTHERS.
15. Two reasons why Labour Day is important are:
a. It is the anniversary of the day of Butler Oilfield Riots which took place in
1937
b. It celebrates unions fight for better working conditions for all workers.
16. The term Parang is derived from the Spanish word parranda, which means a
spree or a fête.
17. Parang celebrates the birth of baby Jesus and also the river called Manzanare in
Venezuela.
18. OPEN ANSWER – have a ‘Show and Tell’ about the festivals to educate one
another, exchange and share customs like food and clothing and get their parents
to allow one another to visit the family when the festival is celebrate to gain the
experience. (THINK WELL)
19. OPEN ANSWER
20. The stages of Carnival can be:
a. Carnival bands design costumes for the new parade
b. Soca and Calypso artists wrire, produce and sing their new songs on radio
c. Carnival bands show their costumes and masquareders buy them
d. Parties and Fetes are organized all over the country
e. Steelpan players practice their music
f. The King and Queens costumes cross the Diamache Gras Stage and
calypsonions compete for the King/Queen of Calpsyo
g. The International Soca Monarch, Power Monarch, Groovy Monarch and
Chutney Soca Monarchs are crowned
h. The best steelpan band wins Panorama
i. Some costume bands cross the big stage in Port-of-Spain and one is
chosen.
j. The Road March Monarch is chosen when his or her song is played the
most on the road for Carnival Monday and Tuesday.
k. At 12 midnight Ash Wednesday, Carnival ends.
21. You have to draw the symbols for the National Festivals. They can look like the
following:
NATIONAL FESTIVAL
SYMBOL FOR FESTIVAL
Independence Day and Republic DaySee –red, white and black ribbons, the Coat of Arms, the National Flag and other emblems
Christmas – Baby Jesus, Christmas Tree, Santa Claus the Nativity creshe Say Merry Christmas or Feliz Navidada
Figure 1 A Christmas Tree
Figure 2 The Nativity scene with Baby Jesus
Eid ul Fitr – Mosque or Moon with star
Say Eid Mubarak!
Figure 3 A Mosque with the Moon and StarDivali- the deya or Om, or Ma Lakshmi
Say Shubh Divali!
Carnival
Carnival Costumes, Steelpan, masks, painted faces, moko jumbie and others.
22. OPEN ANSWER
23. 2012 Official Public Holidays
JANUARY
1st New Year's Day
FEBRUARY
Carnival Monday
Carnival Tuesday
MARCH
30th Spiritual Baptist Liberation Day
APRIL
6th Good Friday
9th Easter Monday
MAY
30th Indian Arrival Day
JUNE
7th Corpus Christi
19th Labour Day
JULY AUGUST
1st Emancipation Day
31st Independence Day
SEPTEMBER
TBA Eid-ul-Fitr
24th Republic Day
OCTOBER
TBA Divali
NOVEMBER DECEMBER
25th Christmas Day
26th Boxing Day
24. The national festival which is celebrated on two days of the years is Carnival
25. Some activities which happen during the Tobago Heritage Festival are:
a. Old Time Wedding
b. Belle Dancing
c. Storytelling / Drama
d. Limbo