Bandérana dipilih ku komite Kamerdikaan dina 1962. Beureum, perlambang seuneu (panonpoé, ngagambarkeun kahayangnyahoan), hideung, perlambang marcapada (ngagambarkeun pangorbanan), jeung bodas, perlambang cai (ngagambarkeun kahérangan jeung kasamian).[9]
Lambangna didesain ku komite Kamerdikaan, jeung aya Ibis Beureum Kolot (asli Trinidad), Cocrico (asli Tobago), jeung Kolibri. Dina taméngna aya 3 kapal, ngagambarkeun Trinitas, jeung 3 kapal nu dilayaran ku Kolombus.[9]
Hill, Donald R. Calypso Calaloo: Early Carnival Music in Trinidad. (1993). ISBN 0-8130-1221-X (cloth); ISBN 0-8130-1222-8 (pbk). University Press of Florida. 2nd Edition: Temple University Press (2006) ISBN 1-59213-463-7.
Quevedo, Raymond (Atilla the Hun). 1983. Atilla's Kaiso: a short history of Trinidad calypso. (1983). University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad. (Includes the words to many old calypsos as well as musical scores for some of Atilla's calypsos.)
Bacaan salajengna
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Besson, Gerard. Land of Beginnings – A historical digest, Newsday Newspaper, 27 August 2000
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Carmichael, Gertrude (1961). The History of the West Indian Islands of Trinidad and Tobago, 1498–1900. Alvin Redman, London.