What is your race if you are from Trinidad?
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What is your race if you are from Trinidad?
Among its neighbours, the island nation of Trinidad and Tobago stands out due to its ethnic makeup. The population of most Caribbean nations is mainly of African descent; similar to Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago is evenly divided between Afro-Trinidadians and Indo-Trinidadians.
Are Trinidadians black or white?
The island of Trinidad is mainly multiracial while the population of Tobago is primarily what is considered Afro-Tobagonian, which is synonymous with Afro-Trinidadian, with the exception that the people of Tobago are almost exclusively of direct African ancestry.
Are people from Trinidad of Indian descent?
About 40% of the population of Trinidad and Tobago is of Indian descent, which may come as a surprise to those unfamiliar with the country’s British colonial past.
Is Trinidad part of Africa?
Forming the two southernmost links in the Caribbean chain, Trinidad and Tobago lie close to the continent of South America, northeast of Venezuela and northwest of Guyana. Trinidad, by far the larger of the two main islands, has an area of about 1,850 square miles (4,800 square km).
Is Trinidad from Africa?
Trinidad and Tobago lie on the continental shelf of South America, and are thus geologically considered to lie entirely in South America. The terrain of the islands is a mixture of mountains and plains.
What part of India are Trinidadians from?
Primarily, they came from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar but a few were from Bengal and the region then called Madras. Their descendants are now the largest ethnic group in Trinidad.
Why is Trinidad similar to India?
Generally, most Indians in Trinidad and Tobago can trace their ancestry back to northern India, especially the Bhojpur and Awadh region of the Hindi Belt, which lies in the Gangetic plains, a plain that is located between the Ganga and Yamuna rivers and faces the mountain ranges of the Himalayas and the Vindhyas.
Is Trinidad and Indian the same?
To Trinidad and Tobago Today, 37% of Trinidad and Tobago’s population are of Indian descent. That number is slightly higher when including multiracial individuals, mostly Dougla people.
How do you say Mom in Trinidad?
Mooma – Mother. Mout open, tory jump out – Start to speak and everthing is revealed. Mouter – A boaster.
