11/21/2008

Trinidad and Tobago Saijiki

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Trinidad and Tobago SAIJIKI




The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying northeast of the South American nation of Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles. It also shares maritime boundaries with Barbados to the northeast and Guyana to the southeast. The country covers an area of 5,128 square kilometres (1,979 sq mi) and consists of two main islands, Trinidad and Tobago, and 21 smaller islands. Trinidad is the larger and more populous of the main islands; Tobago is much smaller, comprising about 6% of the total area and 4% of the population. The nation lies outside the hurricane belt.

Originally settled by Amerindians at least 7,000 years ago, Trinidad and Tobago was occupied by Arawakan- and Cariban-speaking peoples at the time of European contact in 1498. A history of slavery and indentureship has left the country with a mixture of African, Indian, European, Middle Eastern and Chinese people. All these groups have left an imprint on the national culture, and there is an increasingly high percentage of mixed-race people. Trinidad and Tobago became an independent nation (from the United Kingdom) in 1962 and a republic in 1976.

Officially Trinidadians or Tobagonians, the people from Trinidad and Tobago are often informally referred to as Trinbagonians or Trinis. Unlike most of the English-speaking Caribbean, Trinidad and Tobago is a primarily industrialised country whose economy is based on petroleum and petrochemicals. Trinidad and Tobago is famous for its pre-Lenten Carnival and as the birthplace of steelpan, calypso, Soca music, and limbo.

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December 26

Caladium

Christmas

Corpus Christi, The Thursday after Trinity Sunday

Divali (Diwali)

Easter Bonnet

Eid-ul-Fitr (Ramadan ends)

Emancipation Day

Flamboyand tree

Flood, flodding

Hurricane Warning Tropical Atlantic Storm season

Independence Day

Indian Arrival Day
May 30

Jouvert (Carneval)

Labour Day
June 19
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Mud

Parade of the bands

Parang .. Serenaders

Polling Day

Poui trees

Republic Day
September 24

Sorrel (Hibiscus sabdariffa)

Spiritual Baptist/Shouter Liberation Day
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