Fla­va Vil­lage of­fi­cial­ly opened at the Queen’s Park Sa­van­nah on Thurs­day, in­tro­duc­ing a new cu­rat­ed culi­nary and cul­tur­al space aimed at ex­pand­ing op­por­tu­ni­ties for ven­dors while en­hanc­ing the Car­ni­val ex­pe­ri­ence.

The ini­tia­tive ti­tled, “Fla­va Vil­lage – A Car­ni­val Culi­nary Ex­pe­ri­ence”, is a col­lab­o­ra­tion be­tween the Min­istry of Cul­ture and Com­mu­ni­ty De­vel­op­ment and the Na­tion­al Car­ni­val Com­mis­sion of Trinidad and To­ba­go.

Among those at­tend­ing the open­ing were Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar, Min­is­ter of Cul­ture and Com­mu­ni­ty De­vel­op­ment Michelle Ben­jamin, Par­lia­men­tary Sec­re­tary Dr Narindra Roop­nar­ine and NCC Chair­man Pe­ter Kan­hai, along with oth­er gov­ern­ment of­fi­cials, Car­ni­val stake­hold­ers, cre­atives and mem­bers of the pub­lic.