yes..families in Trinidad are very close knit..
It is very rare that in neighbourhoods you don't know your neighbours..talk to them
etc.
Families are often extended, especially among those of east indian decent..they often
have huge families with children buying
houses, or constructing them a few blocks away from their parent's homes etc.
Also, houses cost about a half a million dollars for a good house in a nice
neighbourhood.
So you find kids tending to live at home into their late twenties, or share an
apartment with a roommate etc... so the sense
of family and the family bond is very strong in Trinidad Society.
I would say the sense of community is strong as well. But we aren't as patriotic a
people as we should be...we have become
very americanised..and that anti-culture as I call it is beginning to erode the values
that we as a people once held
dear.However, on the other hand, our exposure to American culture has also broadened
our horizons a lot and made us far more
aware of the world than a lot of other Caribbean Islands. For instance Tobago is
extremely rustic compared to Trinidad..and
an almost total Tourist oriented society. Five years ago some Tobago men didn't even
know what AIDS was, as one example.
There are divisions, racial and economic, this isn't 'paradise' by any means, but I
adore living here.
And, if you are rich..then Trinidad IS Paradise..and there's almost nothing you cannot
do ;-).
-Gel
-----Original Message-----
From: Adam Phillip Churvis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Gel-- what's the current state of family life like in Trinidad? I have this
vision of close-knit families as the rule rather than the exception, eating
together, church, etc. Is it like that, or am I imagining things? Got any
pictures?
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