Trinidad & Tobago -

Trinidad & Tobago

Trinidad: crab and callaloo
Tobago: curry crab and dumpling
Carnival: February and March
Other notable festivities:
Trinidad: (religious: Divali, Easter, Eid-ul-Fitr, Shouter
Baptiste Liberation Day, Corpus Christi), Hosay, Indian
Arrival Day, Emancipation Day
Tobago: Goat racing, Tobago Jazz festival, Great race

Jamaica

National Dish: Ackee and saltfish
Carnival: April
Other notable festivities: Reggae Sumfest, Bob Marley
Week, Portland jerk festival

Barbados

National Dish: Cou Cou and Flying Fish
Carnival: August
Other notable festivities: Crop Over, Oistins Fish Fest,
Holetown festivaL

St. Lucia

National Dish: Green fig & salt fish
Carnival: July
Other notable festivities: St. Lucia Jazz, Mercury Fest,
Roots and Soul

Bahamas

National Dish: Conch with rice and peas
Carnival: April / May
Other notable festivities: Bahamas Junkanoo Festival,
The Andros Crab Fest, Fox hill Day Festival

Grenada

National Dish: Oil down ( a combination of chicken and
pigtails steamed together with vegetables, dumplings,
coconut milk and seasonings)
Carnival: August
Other notable festivities: Grenada Jazz Festival, Port
Louis Grenada Sailing Festival, Carriacou Carnival

Dominican Republic

National Dish: La Bandera (rice, red beans, meat and salad)
Carnival: February
Other notable festivities: Restoration Day, Holy Week
(Semana Santa), Juan Pablo Duarte Day

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

National Dish: Roasted breadfruit & fried Jackfish
Carnival: June to July
Other notable festivities: Mustique Blues Festival, Bequia
Easter Regatta, National Dance Festival

Haiti

National Dish: Griyo (baked pork shoulder)
Carnival: January
Other notable festivities: Jacmel Film Festival, Epiphany,
Ancestry Day

Guyana

National Dish: Pepperpot
Carnival: May
Other notable festivities: Phagwa, Deepavali (Divali),
Eid al-Adha

St. Kitts & Nevis

National Dish: Stewed saltfish
Carnival: December to January
Other notable festivities: Nevis Mango Festival, St.
Kitts and Nevis Restaurant week, Nevis Culturama

Monserrat

National Dish: Goat water (Thick stew made with goat
meat,
Carnival: December to January
Other notable festivities: Heritage Day, Monserrat
Masquerades, Calabash Festival

Curaçao

National Dish: Keshi Yena (large round ball of cheese
stuffed with baked or steamed spiced beef, chicken or goat
meat)
Carnival: March
Other notable festivities: North Sea Jazz Festival,
Curacao Day

Antigua & Barbuda

National Dish: Fungee (cornmeal with okra cooked in
salted water and boiled to a paste) and Pepperpot
(combination of meats eg. Salted beef or pigtail with
crushed vegetables; eggplant, spinach, okra, onions,
spices and seasonings. Boiled to a soup)
Carnival: End of July to August
Other notable festivities: Antigua Sailing Week, Independence Day, Annual
Seafood Festival