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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