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Friday, 7 October 2011

DID YOU KNOW?







TRINIDAD IS  A SMALL ISLAND WHOSE POPULATION IS 40% BLACK, 40% EAST INDIAN, 18% MIXED (CALLED DOUGLA), 0.6% WHITE, 1.4% CHINESE.



CALYPSO AND SOCA ARE THE MOST POPULAR MUSIC GENRES IN TRINIDAD.


 CRICKET IS A NATIONAL SPORT IN TRINIDAD. SOCCER IS ALSO POPULAR . THEIR SOCCER TEAM IS NICKNAMED "SOCA WARRIORS" WHICH IS AN ALLUSION TO THEIR MUSIC.

MANY FAMOUS PEOPLE WERE BORN IN TRINIDAD, NAMELY, BILLY OCEAN (SINGER), WENDY FITZWILLIAM (MISS UNIVERSE 1998), BRIAN LARA (CRICKETER) AND VIDIADHAR SURAJPRASAD NAIPAUL (WRITER).



DATE OF INDEPENDENCE: AUGUST 31, 1962.
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