Fun Facts About Trinidad & Tobago
December 22, 2009 - Posted in Pattaya Articles
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Trinidad & Tobago is a small island paradise in the Caribbean Sea. This is a multiracial society known for its hospitality.
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Eric Williams (1911-1981) was the father of modern Trinidad & Tobago. In 1962 he became the first Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago.During last fifteen years of his reign, Williams has introduced many reforms and has improved many things about life in his country.
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WithoutDoubt, the most famous athlete in Trinidad and Tobago history Hasely Crawford. At the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, Canada, Hasely Crawford won the gold medal in the 100 meters sprint.
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Trinidad and Tobago is the birthplace of cricket legend Brian Lara Charles known. He is the icon of Caribbean cricket. In Trinidad and Tobago, in countries like Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, cricket is the national sport.
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Popular musicCalypso of Trinidad and Tobago today …
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Like Guyana, Mauritius and South Africa, Trinidad & Tobago is a multiethnic democracy in the world.
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Trinidad and Tobago has many examples: Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul (Author), Billy Ocean (vocals), Hazel Dorothy Scott (pianist), Pearl Primus (dancer), Janelle Commissiong (Miss Universe 1977), Hasely Crawford (athlete), Brian Lara ( sports), Fitzwilliam Wendy (Miss Universe 1998),and Peter Minshall (designer).
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Pope John Paul II went to Trinidad and Tobago in 1985
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Trinidad & Tobago will host the FIFA U-17 World Cup in 2001.
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Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul, better known as VSNaipaul is one of the most famous authors of century.He caribbean twenteenth was August 17, 1932, was born in Chaguanas, Trinidad & Tobago.
Naipaul has written more than thirtyBooks. Naipaul won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2001. The Swedish Academy said: "Naipaul is a modern philosopher, carrying on the tradition started with" persanes Lettres "and" Candide. "In a vigilant style, which has been justly admired, he transforms rage into precision and allows events their inherent irony action plan.
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After cricket, football is the most popular sport in country.Trinidad and TobagoTeam dubbed the "Soca Warriors", an allusion to the traditional calypso music.
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Trinidad and Tobago is famous Olympians in the past century: Edwin Roberts (athletics), Ato Boldon (athletics), Wendell Mottley (athletics), Ian Morris (athletics), Michael Agostini (track and field had), Maxwell Cheesman (cyclists ), Roger Gibbon (cyclists), Samuel Gene (cyclists), Rodney Wilkes (weightlifting) and Lennox Kilgour(Weights).
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It 'was a beautiful night in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The date was July 16th of the year was 1977.Miss Trinidad-Tobago, was crowned Miss Universe. First, the crown of Miss Universe was won first black. Your name: Janelle "Penny" Commissiong. After his victory, said: "I felt like a ray of sunshine was around me."