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Nathalie13 years ago
The word is a derivative Warao - an indigenous group of the region, refer to wikipedia.org/wiki/Warao_people<br /><br /> The Waroa (warahoon) are from Venezuela & Guyana who frequently visited the island of Trinidad due to it's proximity to the coast of both mainland countries. <br /><br /> About 20,000 Warao inhabit Venezuela's Orinoco Delta region, with smaller numbers in Guyana &
Vernon Seebaran7 years ago
Warahoon was a common description used when I was a wee boy in the ‘40s. The Warao was a group researched to be related to Arawakan tribe.Since they were indigenous to Northern Venezuela and “Guiana”/ Surinam. Possible travels and settlement in Trinidad was inevitable.
Rhonda6 years ago
I remember as a child my great aunt used the term. When I asked her what she meant, she said "The Amerindians from Venezuela use to come on the Coffee to trade and when they see people they would hide."
Geoff Chislett6 years ago
I grew up in Cascade, Trinidad; my Dad used to refer to the boys I hung around with as 'Warahoons'!
🇹🇹 Pentica5 years ago
My home was Sparia, Trinidad; my Mother was a Trini and my dad a Venezuelan 🇻🇪 My other told us about the Warahoons coming to Trinidad and bringing with them a holy woman who healed people and is she who became the Saint La Divina Pastora. Her statue has place in the Catholic Church and a yearly procession in her honor happened yearly through Siparia. The church was built where she