Fellow blogger Coffeewallah notes that in a multi-ethnic, multi-religious society like Trinidad and Tobago, holidays like this are the norm, but she is saddened by the circumstances surrounding her family's celebration of the occasion: Given that I am of mixed heritage, today actually constitutes a religious holiday for my mother's family, so I get to go "home" and make nice with the relatives.
Puesto que tengo una herencia mixta, en verdad hoy constituye una festividad religiosa para la familia de mi madre, así que tengo que ir a “casa” a ser simpática con los parientes.