Currency:
Moneda
Cuisine:
Gastronomía
Shot:
Tiro
Widely:
Extensamente
Voyage:
Viaje
Range:
Alcance
Crosses:
Cruza
Slightly:
Ligeramente
Developed: Desarrollado
Variety: Variedad
viernes, 23 de noviembre de 2012
miércoles, 24 de octubre de 2012
CUISINE
The cuisine is a mix of cultures, the dining scene here blends influences from Amerindians, Europeans, Africans, Indians, and the Chinese, giving flavor and variety in their menu, thanks to the condiments and spices. The cuisine is based on products such as seafood, pork and poultry, and fruits and vegetables such as chayote, cassava, yam, banana, mango, guava, coconut, etc.
The typical dishes must stress the Callaloo, corn soup, bake and shark based shark, crab, tumtum, the cou cou, and rotis
The highlights drink rum punch and beer, plus fresh fruit juices.
CULTURE
jueves, 18 de octubre de 2012
PRESIDENT: George Maxwell Richards
George Maxwell Richards (born in 1931 in San Fernando, Trinidad y Tobago) is the fourth president. Richards is a chemical engineer. He worked at the University of the West Indies in Trinidad (University of the West Indies, in English) in 1996. The March 17, 2003 was elected president of Trinidad and Tobago, for a term of five years. Richards is the first head of state in the Anglophone Caribbean Amerindian is ascending.
NICKI MINAJ
She is an American rapper, songwriter, singer and dancer originally hailing from Trinidad. She is famous for her unique rapping style, apart from the fact that she is one of the very few female rappers in the industry. She shot to fame with her debut album ‘Pink Friday’ (2010).
She was born as Onika Tanya Maraj on December 8, 1982 in Saint James, Trinidad and Tobago. Her parents are Carol and Robert Maraj; her mother was a gospel singer. Nicki Minaj has two siblings, brothers Makiya and Jelani. She was raised by her mother in Queens, New York, after her father went through serious alcohol problems.
As a student, Minaj was interested in music and the performing arts. She played the clarinet and participated in drama programs. She dreamed of becoming an actress, and also took acting classes, but she did not get any major chances to pursue acting. After switching from one job to another, and being fired from waiting jobs, Minaj ended up as a rapper on a group called ‘Hoodstars’.
sábado, 13 de octubre de 2012
MUSIC
Also called calypso Calypso is the name of a musical genre originating in Trinidad and Tobago, popular in the Caribbean Islands. It is both Anglophone and Francophone. It is also popular in Venezuela, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Jamaica and the Archipelago of San Andres and Providencia in Colombia, and northern Brazil, mainly in the state of Pará.
