Prime Minister Stuart Young today joined the Orisha community in their annual celebration of Earth Day.
Walking through the streets of San Fernando, members of the Council of Orisha Elders of Trinidad and Tobago carried out rituals as they paid respect to Mother Earth.
Prime Minster Young also participated in the day’s events, as he walked alongside Orisha followers.
Our Reporter Cindy Raghubar-Teekersingh was there and tells us more.
00:00As part of its annual commemoration of Earth Day, the Council of Orisha Elders of Trinidad and Tobago took to the streets of San Fernando.
00:13Rituals paying respect to the Earth, or Mother Earth as they refer to it, were carried out with song, dance and praise.
00:21Joining them was Prime Minister Stuart Young.
00:30The walk culminated with a short program on Harris Promenade.
00:37Because we all have but one Mother Earth, there's only one.
00:42And it is incumbent, it is our duty, each and every one of us, to do what we can in our own way to protect Mother Earth and to make sure that she not only survives but she thrives.
00:57Prime Minister Young encouraged young people to learn more about their role in improving not just TNT, but the world in general.
01:06Because if it is one thing that we will not tolerate, and I certainly will not tolerate, is divisiveness.
01:13We must be unified.
01:15And I want you to know that even when I held and hold the portfolio of Minister of Energy, one of the things I have worked hard to ensure is that balancing of whilst we use Mother Earth's resources for our people, that we make sure and put back, that we make sure that we do it in a responsible manner.
01:38Speaking at the event, the Secretary of the Council said Tuesday's celebration was done in a very traditional Orisha format.
01:46He then offered best wishes to Prime Minister Young ahead of the general election.
01:51I know of your busy, busy, very heavy schedule because there's a challenge at hand.
01:58And, you know, I wish you all the best on your journey.
02:02This, as you said, is a new chapter, and I ask the ancestors and Orishas to bless you on this new chapter.
02:10You are trained.
02:11You are trained.
02:12You are trained begonian.
02:13You know it.
02:14You know it.
02:15You might not look like me, but I have family who look like you.
02:20So we are all one people, one nation, under the red, white, black banner.
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