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RELIGION: In Trinidad an Tobago ever ethnic group has there own religion. Whiter it's Hindu, Muslim, Rastafarian, catholic, Christian, an so forth. For example, Rastafarian was originated in Jamaica but is now a big thing in Trinidad. It is a Christian based religion that follows certain scriptures from the bible. Their name for God is Jah. They believe that the late emperor of Ethiopia was the 225th incarnation of king Solomon, modern messiah. They don't eat processed food, have dreads, don't eat meat just protein, an they use marijuana as a meditation during prayer meetings.

LANGUAGE: Many people think that Trinidadians have their own language when it's really just English wig an accent. Depending on where you grew up in Trinidad and your ethnicity maybe more strong than other or wheter you are well educated or not. In TRINI French words are directly translated to English, but the structure maybe different, for example "it makin hot" instead of "it is hot."
The language spoken in Trinidad and Tobago is a mixture of influences from other languages. The reason for this is that when slvery took place slaves wanted to use hidden codes to speak to each other in ways that their master didn't understand.
Some examples are. . .
Basement= a big party that went really well
Big up= bragging and praising to someone
Break a lime= just family gathering to hang out
Darkers= sunglasses
Dou dou= sweetheart or darling
Boldfaced= pushy, promoting yourself, conceited

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ECONOMY: Trinidad an Tobago has a very diverse economy; it is run by the state an by private enterprises. In this economy it involves industry, agriculture, tourism, and services, as well as oil and gas explotation. One of trinidads great oil wells are La Brea, which is 65% of british empires oil production; oil dominates the countries economy. 20% of the worlds supplies are provided by Trinidad. The currency of tt money is $6 to every united stated dollar. As for agriculture, sugar is a main crop and is grown on large estates sent to mile where this plant is crushed and the sugar is refined.

CULTURE/RACE: Trinidadians and Tobagonians are ethnic mixes from carib islands such as French creole, Spanish, English, Indians,and even Chinese. From 1861- present the population has grown to about 1.1 million of African and Indian descent.

LIFESTYLE: For example, education in Trinidad has some similarity to education in the states. What we would call elementary school they would call primary school what we would callmiddle school- high school they will call it secondary school. It is very common in Trinidad for children that is 16 years or age to be graduates compared to the states where seniors are 18 years of age. And the same things apply for those Who want to go to college they have to pay orare sometimes granted scholarships.

QUESTION: where did they get primary and secondary from? Why is it that when children migrate from Trinidad to the US they are put back a grade?