Edi­son Boodoos­ingh

Chi­nese Ar­rival Day will be ob­served on Oc­to­ber 12. This year marks the 220th an­niver­sary of the ar­rival of the first group of Chi­nese mi­grants to Trinidad and To­ba­go, with 192 mi­grants aboard the For­ti­tude in 1806.

A sec­ond or­gan­ised wave of 2,645 in­den­tured Chi­nese labour­ers ar­rived in Trinidad and To­ba­go be­tween 1853 and 1866. Since then, there have been oth­er waves of mi­gra­tion. The de­scen­dants of these mi­grants have had a pro­found im­pact on the cul­ture, econ­o­my and so­ci­ety of Trinidad and To­ba­go.

In recog­ni­tion of this event, the Art So­ci­ety of Trinidad and To­ba­go, in con­junc­tion with the Na­tion­al Trust, held an art ex­hi­bi­tion at Mille Fleurs Her­itage House, fea­tur­ing var­i­ous artists and their work.