Jamaica

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Paradise

Planning a trip to Jamaica!

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Before planning a trip to Jamaica, we should look at the real countryside of Jamaica not just the beauty of Jamaica. We need to look at the land and the people. Here are some of the native Jamaicans, their language, their land, and the goods produced there. Jamaica is a very poor country with beautiful resorts. The resorts bring in and unbelievable amount of tourists every year.

General Information about Jamaica. Looking at Jamaican language, homes, Jamaica’s location and the Jamaican flag.

Dem a fi miThey're mineKuyaman, awara?Say, what's up?Unu a fi nuo seh a soh wi tanYou must know that's the way we areA wan dege sinting smadi a gi miIt's a measly thing that someone is giving meA nyam im nyamop di breshi! He(she) really ate up the breadfruit!

Jamaican Dialect

Listen while a Jamaican man reads from Green Eggs and Ham. Click on the picture

The country of Jamaica!!

A Jamaican family in front of their home.

The Jamaican Flag

A Jamaican home

Jobs in Jamaica

Tourism is a very important money maker for Jamica!

Goods and Exports in Jamaica

Tourism

Jamaica Blue Mountain coffee is one of the most sought after coffees in the world. This "Java of Kings" has been satisfying coffee connoisseurs around the globe for more than two centuries and is famous for its exquisite flavor, good acidity, a clean refined taste, unusual sweetness, excellent body and intense bold aroma.

This extraordinary coffee is grown in the majestic Blue Mountain range in Jamaica reaching approximately 7,402 feet at the highest peak, thus making it is one of the highest grown coffees in the world . An incredible mix of rich soil, cool and misty conditions, high rainfall and good soil drainage combined with expert care and stringent quality control grows the smoothest, richest and best Java in the world.

Coffee beans are a major export for Jamaica.

Fruits and vegetables are a major export for Jamaica

The People of Jamaica

Population (1992 est.): 2,506,701Population Density: 228 persons per sq km (591 per sq mi).Distribution (1992): 51% urban, 49% rural.Annual growth (1992): 0.9%.Languages: English, Creole (Patois)Major religions: Anglicanism, Protestantism, Roman Catholicism.

A look at some of the people of Jamaica!!

The Children of Jamaica

School children in Jamaica

School children in Jamaica have several vacations.They get: one week during Easter,3 months in the summer, 3 days National Heroes week, 2 Labor day, 2 weeks during Christmas and the new years.All children take part in some type of sports at school. Track and Field and other sports such as Soccer, cricket, swimming, field hockey, tennis, netball, and basketball are played.

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Jamaican Music

Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960’s.While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of

Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady. Reggae is based on a rhythmstyle characterized by regular chops on the

off-beat known as the skank. The tempo is generally slower than that found in ska. Reggae usually has accents on the 3rd beat in each bar, there being four beats in a bar; many people think it's accentuated on the 2nd

and 4th, because of the rhythm guitar.Reggae is often associated with the Rastfari movement, an influence on many prominent reggae musicians from its inception. Reggae song lyrics

deal with many subjects, including faith, love, relationships, poverty, injustice and other broad social issues

Religion in Jamaica

What are the most popular religions in Jamaica?

Christianity and Rastafarian are the most popular religions

Religion. Religion is fundamental to Jamaican life, which can be seen in the references to Biblical events in everyday speech. . The island has the highest number of churches per capita in the world and more than 100 different Christian denominations. Most Jamaicans are Christians; the largest denominations are the Anglicans, Baptists, Methodists, Pentecostals, Brethren and Roman Catholics. . Christmas is typically observed by various denominations with Communion services, candlelight ceremonies, concerts, all-night prayer meetings and the singing of Christmas carols. Rastafarianism. Rastafarians believe they are one of the lost tribes of Israel who were sold into slavery and taken to Babylon (Jamaica) and that they must return to Zion, which they hold to be Ethiopia. . The movement does not have organized congregations, it does not have a paid clergy, and it doesn't have a written doctrine. . There are two types of Rastafarians in Jamaica:1. Members of the Bobo Shanti order wear long robes and tightly wrapped turbans. They function like an independent nation within Jamaica with their own constitution. Their lifestyle closely emulates those of the Old Testament Jewish Mosaic Law, which includes the observation of the Sabbath from sundown on Friday to sundown on Saturday, hygiene laws, and special greetings among themselves. 2. Members of the Nyahbinghi sect focus mainly on Emperor Haile Selassie and they proclaim that he is the incarnation of the Supreme deity. They push for their repatriation to Ethiopia, from where they believe all black people came. Ethiopia plays a major role in this sect. 3. The Twelve Tribes was founded in 1968 by Dr. Vernon 'Prophet Gad ' Carrington and is the most liberal of the Rastafarian orders. Members are allowed to worship in a church of their choosing or within the privacy of their house. They consider themselves the direct descendants of the 12 Sons of David.

Jamaica is the home of Rastafarianism, a religious movement spurred by the beliefs of famous Jamaican Marcus Garvey and inspired by an Ethiopianist reading of the King James Bible. Rastafarian beliefs are Christian, with a Jamaican twist.

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