00:00Carnival is color. Carnival is masks. But the National Carnival Commission chairman
00:06is seeking to make it clear that carnival is also a major forex earner.
00:11With all the figures trending in the right direction, last carnival Trinidad and Tobago
00:18earned just over 93 million U.S. dollars. And that is confirmed by the Central Statistical
00:29Office.
00:31Peters is urging the powers that be to invest more in the country's largest cultural production.
00:37He believes carnival has enough value to become this country's bread and butter.
00:42Carnival, my dear brothers and sisters, is important to Trinidad and Tobago. And let
00:50me say it one more time. I may not be wrong, but I would tell you that one of these days,
00:57Trinidad and Tobago, when that finite thing that is called oil and gas runs out, would
01:04be dependent on Trinidad and Tobago's carnival.
01:08So let us make carnival bright. Let us make our gift. Let us make it our gift and our
01:14legacy.
01:15The John Cupid Carnival Village returns next year and is projected to be bigger and better
01:19in 2025. Described by the NCC chairman as one of the safest and most wholesome spaces
01:26of the carnival, the village features live entertainment, local artistry, food and drink.
01:34As we come out in our numbers next carnival, ladies and gentlemen, let's do our best to
01:41support them. When you come up here, walk with a little change and make sure that you
01:46buy things from them and support our economy and support them as well. Let's do our best
01:53to bring more people to our country. Let's bring more people to our home. And I admonish
01:58you that when we do bring them here, let's also do our best to make them comfortable
02:04and keep them safe.
02:07The NCC chairman was speaking at the official launch of Carnival 2025 under the theme, No
02:13Place Like Home.
02:15When it comes to the greatest and real carnival experience on earth, there is no place like
02:21Trinidad and Tobago. And I would like you to help me say the other. There is no place
02:28like home.
02:30Renessa Cutting, TV6 News.
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