Tobago’s folk tales
Journalists savour island’s beauty, traditions
Remember Gang Gang Sarah?
She was said to be an African witch who climbed a large, silk cotton tree in Tobago, believing she would have been able to fly back to the continent but plunged to her death.
According to legend, Sarah lost her powers of flight when she violated one of the tenets of witchcraft by eating food with salt.
Today, Gang Gang Sarah’s memory lives on in the elders of Culloden, a small village on Tobago’s northern side.
And the imposing silk cotton tree, with its large roots protruding along a portion of the narrow roadway, remains an intrinsic part of the community’s folklore, journalists learnt during a tour of Tobago on May 5.
The day-long tour was organised by Leve-Global and the Tobago Tourism Agency, as part of its two-day lifestyle extravaganza titled Love Is In the Air, which sought to project the island as the ideal romance destination.
She was said to be an African witch who climbed a large, silk cotton tree in Tobago, believing she would have been able to fly back to the continent but plunged to her death.
According to legend, Sarah lost her powers of flight when she violated one of the tenets of witchcraft by eating food with salt.
Today, Gang Gang Sarah’s memory lives on in the elders of Culloden, a small village on Tobago’s northern side.
And the imposing silk cotton tree, with its large roots protruding along a portion of the narrow roadway, remains an intrinsic part of the community’s folklore, journalists learnt during a tour of Tobago on May 5.
The day-long tour was organised by Leve-Global and the Tobago Tourism Agency, as part of its two-day lifestyle extravaganza titled Love Is In the Air, which sought to project the island as the ideal romance destination.
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