Google is ho­n­our­ing the na­tion­al in­stru­ment of T&T, the steel­pan, by high­light­ing it as a Google Doo­dle Tues­day.

The Doo­dle was il­lus­trat­ed by T&T-based artist Nicholas Hug­gins.

"It’s the on­ly acoustic in­stru­ment in­vent­ed in the twen­ti­eth cen­tu­ry, but has ori­gins dat­ing back to the 1700’s. It was a sta­ple dur­ing Car­ni­val and Can­boulay, the an­nu­al har­vest fes­ti­vals cel­e­brat­ed in Trinidad, and is still used in con­tem­po­rary mu­sic," it stat­ed .

The Doo­dle co­in­cides with 71st an­niver­sary of the Trinidad All-Steel Pan Per­cus­sion Or­ches­tra's (TASPO) per­for­mance at the Fes­ti­val of Britain, which in­tro­duced the steel­pan and a new mu­sic genre to the world.

The his­to­ry of the steel­pan was out­lined and pi­o­neers and in­no­va­tors such as Win­ston “Spree” Si­mon, El­lie Man­nette, An­tho­ny Williams and Bertie Mar­shall were named

"The steel­pan is now the na­tion­al in­stru­ment of Trinidad and To­ba­go, and is a source of great pride and true re­silience for its cit­i­zens. Steel­pans are now en­joyed in con­cert calls like Roy­al Al­bert Hall, Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Cen­ter and more. Whether in the UK or Japan, Sene­gal or the States, the steel­pan is an in­ter­na­tion­al­ly rec­og­nized in­stru­ment that re­minds lis­ten­ers of its is­land ori­gins," it stat­ed.