Talk:National symbols of Trinidad and Tobago

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Dubious

I tagged three "facts" in this article that raise some serious doubts. All three are unsourced

National dish: pelau. I've heard callaloo described as such, but I'm not convinced it has any formal status.
National Dress for men: Guayabera. To begin with, it would be "shirt jac", not "guayabera", a Spanish term that isn't used in TT. But even then, I've never heard it described as the "national dress".
National Dress for women: Booboo. As above, except in this case I don't even know what that is. But all else aside, an (apparently?) African dress as "national dress"? I can't imagine that would have flown, even in the 70s. Guettarda (talk) 15:56, 9 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Bengali Pulao is not the national dish of Trinidad and Tobago. Source - I'm Trinidadian, I know. The national dish is Crab and Callaloo — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.171.21.187 (talk) 04:20, 9 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

We do not have a national dish but if you ask locals they will probably tell you that it is bake and shark for trinidad and crab and dumpling for tobago...I can definitely say that doubles is our national delicacy but that does not count as a dish. We have our different way of making Pelau and although it can be a favourite meal to make because its a one pot cook, it is perhaps not taught of in the category of national dish. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Drfelina (talk • contribs) 16:31, 23 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]