Ash Wednesday Cool Down

We all know that our country has numerous holidays scattered across the year which we are proud of and happy to take the day off from work (for those of you who get the day off). While some rest and relaxation is needed do we go over board at times? As ‘trinis’ we tend to want a day to recuperate from the holiday but isn’t that the purpose of the holiday? Maybe we need to limit ourselves from doing too much on the holidays, cut down on the number of parties we attend and the number of hours we ‘lime’ that way we won’t wake up the next morning with a hangover or feeling too sleep deprived to go to work or school as the case may be.

For Carnival in particular we know it’s the number one hype of the year when there are fetes almost every day leading up to the Carnival Monday and Tuesday. These two days are not official holidays but the nation is still allowed to take the time off to play in the bands or spend time with family. However, Ash Wednesday is a normal workday yet the majority of the country, including the children, is having their cool down from a long weekend full of activities. Offices and schools are usually scanty on this day, some even wonder if it makes sense to declare Ash Wednesday a working day as some businesses and school officials are wasting their time and resources. So our question to you is ‘Should Ash Wednesday be an official holiday or should our citizens be more diligent and attend work/school as usual?’