The Trinis celebrate Labor Day on June 19th, the anniversary of the Butler Labour riots... In 1937, rabble rousing labor leader Tubal Uriah Butler was wanted by authorities on charges of inciting a riot. The police attempted to arrest him while he was giving a speech to his supporters, mostly oil industry workers with the rather predictable result of a riot. So arresting someone for inciting a riot incited a riot. Seems like a perfectly reasonable excuse for a holiday.
| HOLIDAY | DATE | Celebrating |
| New Year's Day | January 1st | The Start of the New Year |
| Shouter Baptist Liberation Day | March 30th | The granting the Spiritual Baptists the right to openly practice their religion again. |
| Good Friday | April 14th | The crucifixion of Jesus |
| Easter Monday | April 17th | The day after the resurrection of Jesus and the disposal of hard-boiled colored eggs |
| Indian Arrival Day | May 30th | The easing of a labor shortage with a bunch of indentured workers from the sub-continent |
| Corpus Christi | June 15th | A smallish city in Texas |
| Labour Day | June 19th | Labour union riots |
| Emancipation Day | August 1st | The British freeing both of their slaves |
| Eid-Ul-Fitr | August 20th | Muslims being allowed to eat during daylight hours again - the end of Ramadan |
| Independence Day | August 31st | Trinidad becoming independent of the British crown. Either that or my birthday |
| Republic Day | September 24th | The citizens of TnT forming a republican form of government |
| Divali | November 13th | The Hindu version of Hanukkah - the festival of lights |
| Christmas Day | December 25th | The giving of Christmas gifts to friends and family |
| Boxing Day | December 26th | The returning of Christmas gifts to the stores. |
So what's a visitor like me suppose to do on the day they celebrate rioting against police and oil companies? I'm thinking about going to see a waterfall or two. That seems perfectly appropriate to me.
