Jamaica, Jamaica

The country that I chose to conduct a culture analysis on is Jamaica. Jamaica is a third world country located in North America and the 3rd largest island in the Caribbean Sea. There is a 2.5 million population, which equally divided between urban and rural areas. The country runs approximately 146 miles long and varies between 21- 52 miles wide. The climate is tropical and its main tourist attraction is their beautiful beaches. The capital of Jamaica is Kingston, which has a population of more than 645,000. Kingston is the chief port of Jamaica and is along the southeastern coast of the island. It is covered by the “Blue Mountains”, which is thickly covered which tree ferns. The Blue Mountains experiences an average of 200 inches of rain annually, resulting in topsoil erosion and an abundance of streams. Peasants nurture coffee, usually grown on large plantations, in the valleys of the mountains. It is amongst the most expensive coffees in the world and is exported mainly to Japan.

Home to the worlds fastest runner, Usain Bolt, and also the best island to visit is Jamaica. I was born there, July 10,2001 to a mother of European Jamaican descent and a father of Asian Jamaican descent. In Jamaica my mother was a flight attendant at the time, my mother is why I enjoy visiting a lot of countries. From doing horseback riding in Florida, to sipping tea and eating crumpets in England. Those are rarities anyone can enjoy when they travel.

“Ban her belly” means “binds her belly,” a metaphor used for saving money, which emphasizes again that the woman is in charge of the family budget. This seems to create an image

One day waking up thinking this was a normal day at my birth home, Jamaica, I walked to my grandparents’ house, stayed there for a couple of hours, then I saw this pretty, shiny, new Nissan Altima pulled up, and stopped. Moments later a tall dark-skinned guy stepped out the vehicle, fixed his hat, and walked to the door. When the doors open he burst into tears and said to me, “Hey son”, at first my siblings and I was in shock because we have not seen our father since 2004, I did not know what he looked like until I saw pictures of me and him together. Later that night we party and have fun together. The next morning, he drove in and we took pictures, then, we went to dunns-river falls, also we went and eat.

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Haiti, where I from, a name that means “mountainous country” have Port-au-Prince as capital who by the way the most populous city of Haiti, it doesn’t have the image of somewhere you’d visit purely for fun, and yet the city remains one of the most vibrant and exciting places in the Caribbean. If someone ask me which city do I prefer I will answer, “Port-au-Prince, of course. It’s my native city!” Miami and Port-au-Prince differ by the language, the tropical, the culture.

Haiti is a Caribbean country. It occupies the western third of the island of Hispaniola. It is the third largest Caribbean nation with a population of 10.4 million which makes it the most populous full-member state of the Caribbean community. Haiti is also the poorest country in the Americas as measured by the human development index. Haiti is so poor that people used to work as restavecs(unpaid household servant).half of the children in Haiti are unvaccinated.2%of the total population are hiv +.because of poverty only the sanitation condition of Haiti is very poor which results in increase of diseases.

The island of Cuba is located on the northern rim of the Caribbean Sea and was inhabited by Arawak and Ciboney Indians prior to colonization by the Spanish in 1511. This native population, due to the colonization of the Spanish, was ravaged by decease, enslavement and warfare which ultimately caused their extinction. Cuba received little attention throughout the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries like most of Spain’s Caribbean colonies because Spain was concentrating attention on Central and South America, largely ignoring the island colonies.

The island of Jamaica is very rich in culture and has many historic turnabouts throughout the years. The country has a rich and complex history including being the first country to have Arawak and Taino Indians settle there.

Jamaica is a land of diverse cultures. It has a number of different racial ethnic groups .The largest group however is the blacks or Africans so 'Jamaica’s culture' is predominantly black. Interwoven is also the European culture which these blacks learnt from their former white slaves masters. You will find Indians living in Jamaica also. Many Indians came to Jamaica as indentured servants and stayed, they too have an input in the Jamaica’s culture.

Jamaica has a problem with alcoholism.The 2008 Jamaica Health Survey shows that 65% of the population 15-74 years old currently uses alcohol("Health in Jamaica"). If this is continued they will have a severe problem. They also have an issue with smoking. Jamaica has the highest percentage in the world of people who smoke cannabis they say that around 60-70 percent of the population has or currently still does smoke cannabis ("Ganja in Jamaica"). Even though the drug marijuana is illegal in the country it still has an impact on the country they have used marijuana to help with many other drugs, they have used it to help people that have glaucoma. But they also use the cannabis plant for other things like using the stem to create hemp fibers that are used in clothing, ropes, and fishnets that play a big part in the people of Jamaica’s everyday life. Cannabis is used literally every day and it plays a big part in comfortable

In “A Small Place”, the author Jamaica Kincaid talks about her strong feelings about and tourism in regard to her home country Antigua. Antigua is a 10x12 mile island in the West Indies and it was discovered by Christopher Columbus (Kincaid, 80). Many people don’t know about the background of places we visit, and Antigua is no exception. Kincaid believes, “A tourist is an ugly thing”, and expresses that belief throughout her essay. It is true that there a few tourists who actually know about Antigua and the events that took place there, but there are also some tourists that may not be fully aware of a country’s

His growing style encompassed every aspect in the rise of Jamaican music, from ska to contemporary reggae. Marley’s lyrics lifted spirits and united nations. Robert Nesta Marley is put on a higher thresh hold that any before him, he stands on the podium as the greatest musician in this century. Through reggae Marley lives on influencing many well known bands today. Marley sang of love and above all else “Jah” a god in one of the many religions worshiped in Jamaica. The religion most commonly associated with Jamaican culture is Rastafarianism. This group of free spirited natives known as the Rastafarian’s belive in the spiritual use of marijuana, known to this island as “Ganja”. They speak Patios, pronounced (pa-twaa), an extreme Jamaican slang of the English language. Rastafarians live off the land and worship freely in the green mountains of the inner island. From an economic stand point Jamaica is generally a poor country with an average family income of 2,000 dollars a year. As a result Jamaican people rely heavily on the precious U.S. dollar brought in through tourism. Jamaica’s number one source for trade is Bauxite. The mineral rock Bauxite is rich within the rocky coast of the island. Although the overall status of Jamaican society remains poor, the abundant source of fish, fruits, and spices keep the natives well fed. Curry goat and Akki (saltfish/eggs) fill the bellies of Jamaicans everyday. Among my favorites are jerk pork and

     Jamaica is a tropical island, located in the heart of the Caribbean Sea. Around the coastlines are beautiful beaches with crystal clear blue-green water. In some respects, this is the majority of what people know about Jamaica. In this orientation text you will better understand Jamaica’s history, the people who live there, the many different religions, geography, and governments that have ruled the land.

To begin Latin America and the Caribbean as many countries that make up it group of countries. These countries each have an individual national identity which can be built in bountiful of ways. Firstly, a national identity is something that can presented by a single country using the greater of a wealth of topics, for example politics, culture, historical, climate and tourist attraction, this is just a small amount that can make up a country national identity. The country that this writing assignment is specifically about the one country of The Bahamas. The Bahamas as a country has many elements to its national identity and many of those elements will be discussed in detail throughout this paper. The first component of that national