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Water war in the capital

30 December 2024
This content originally appeared on News Day - Trinidad and Tobago.
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DOWN BUT NOT OUT: This vendor was all smiles when she realised her male adversary would be bested by another woman during a water fight on Charlotte Street on December 28.  - Photo by Jeff K Mayers
DOWN BUT NOT OUT: This vendor was all smiles when she realised her male adversary would be bested by another woman during a water fight on Charlotte Street on December 28. - Photo by Jeff K Mayers

Buckets and plastic bags with water were the weapons of choice for several Charlotte Street vendors, who entertained themselves with a friendly water fight on December 28.

Their playful antics amused fellow vendors, pedestrians, and even police officers who briefly passed by during the light-hearted encounter. The vendors told Newsday photographer Jeff K Mayers, who was on the ground to capture these moments, that their sales were slow and they were keeping themselves busy.

BUCKET BRIGADE: Perhaps tired of losing this water fight, one of the women grabbed a bucket of water to better defend herself. -
TOO LATE: This vendor is drenched even as she aims to throw a plastic bag with water at another vendor on Saturday on Charlotte Street.
ANSWER BACK: This vendor drenches a woman with a bucket of water during a water fight on Charlotte Street on December 28.

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TWO AGAINST ONE: Three vendors at the start of their water fight on Charlotte Street on December 28.
THE BEGINNING: A Charlotte Street, Port of Spain vendor throws a plastic bag filled with water at one of her colleagues on December 28.