CULTURAL CONTRIBUTIONS OF VARIOUS ETHNIC GROUPS IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

AMERINDIANS SPANISH AFRICANS FRENCH BRITISH EAST INDIANS CHINESE

Roman Catholicism Orisha, Spiritual Roman Catholicism Anglicanism, Islam, Hinduism Buddhism, Taoism
RELIGION Nature Worship Baptist Protestantism

Christmas, Easter Emancipation Day Carnival Corpus christi Divali, Eid-ul-fitr, Double Ten,
FESTIVALS/ Smoke Ceremony Hosay, Ramleela Chinese New Year
OBSERVANCES

Sombrero, flamenco Dashiki, Head ties, Embroidered dress, Tweed Suits, dresses, Saree, kurta, dhoti, Kimono
CLOTHING Woven Cotton outfit Batik garments, bonnets, blouses skirts topi, orhani
Bone and Coral Jewellry braided hair trousers
Cassava Cakes, farine, Arepas, Pastelles, Provisions, Calalloo, Au gratins, quiche, Cakes, Pastries, Roti, curries, Chowmein,
FOOD pepperpot, sweet sancoche Oil down, coo coo French bread afternoon tea, roasts. saheena, kuchela, wontons, stir fries
potatoes, mamey sweetrice, sawine
apple, guava
Drums, Sisera(Chac- Castanet, guitar Bongo Drums fiddle Lyre, English Tassa, table, dulcimer
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS chac bagpipes harmonium,
dhantal
Chumba, punta Flamenco, waltz Bongo dance Bele, pique Ballroom dance Kathak, bhajans, Dragon Dance,
MUSIC & DANCE qaseedas, chowtal Lion Dance, Ribbon
dance
Arawakan Island Carib, Spanish Yoruba, English creole French, Patois English Hindi, Urdu Mandarin
LANGUAGE Igneri

Chaguaramas, Arima, Palo Seco, Rio Claro, Sierra Leonne in Blanchisseuse, Grand Scarborough, Mount Fyzabad, Madras Chinapoo Village,
PLACE NAMES Caroni, Icacos, Couva Siparia, Cedros Diego Martin, Riviere, Bon Accord, Pleasant, Moriah, Settlement, Morvant
Mandingo Village in Lambeau, Brighton Calcutta, Debe,
Moruga, Sobo, Mayo Barrackpore
Belcon, Hernandez, Fernandez, Garcia, Quashie, Cudjoe, Cazabon, Peschier, Lewis, Edwards Hosein, Khan, Lee, Wong, Chin
FAMILY NAMES Borneo, Calderon Sanchez Cuffee, Quamin Toussaint, Pierre Maharaj, Singh

Clay pottery, Parang Basket work, sou-sou, Paintings, sculptures Current system of Leepay, chulha, Kite flying, whe-
OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS hammocks Gayap Governance whe, dragon boat
racing,martial arts