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Piparo
Piparo is a village in Central Trinidad on the southern edge of the Central Range . The village has three main claims to fame:
- Piparo was the base of operations of Dole Chadee (born Nankissoon Boodram), a notorious drug lord who was executed in 1999 for the murder of four members of the Baboolal family.
- Piparo was the home of Ras Shorty I (born Garfield Blackman) after his retirement from the calypso world. Living simply in this rural community Ras Shorty I developed jamoo , a fusion of reggae, kaiso and gospel music.
- Piparo was the site of a large mud volcano eruption in February 22, 1997. The eruption covered an area of 2.5 km² and displaced 31 families.
During the early twentieth century Piparo was an important cacao producer.
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