CARRIBEAN CULTURE

MY HUSBAND AND I VISITED THE BARBADOS CULTURE LONG AGO AND FOUND IT FASCINATING AND VERY HOT.

CARRIBEAN CULTURE IS A TERM THAT EXPLAINS THE ARTISTIC, MUSICAL, LITERACY, CULINARY, POLITICAL, AND SOCIAL ELEMENTS THAT ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CULTURE. IT IS INFLUENCED BY EUROPEAN CULTURE AND TRADITIONS AND BRITISH, SPANISH, AND FRENCH. ALSO AFRICANS AND THE U.S. HAVE BECOME INCORPORATED POLITICAL ALLIES. THEY HAVE HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY THAT HAVE MARKED THE DEVELOPMENT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS NATION. THEIR TERRITORIES WERE INHABITED. IN 1589 THE BRITISH CONQUERED AN AREA HERE AND THE CARRIBEAN. BRONG POPULATION UNDER BRITISH RULE WAS HERE.

U.S., BRITISH, FRENCH, AND AFRICAN INFLUENCES WERE HERE. WITHOUT CONFLICT THE INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS WERE SHORT LIVED. A MULTICULTURAL HERITAGE WAS SEEN IN MANY ISLANDS. IN THE FRENCH CULTURE SOME SEE THE CARRIBEAN AS A COLLECTION OF SEVERAL REGIONAL SUBCULTURES. THEY HAVE CHINESE INFLUENCES TOO.

EUROPEAN COLONIES HELPED THE AFRO-CARIBS DEVELOP SUGAR TRADE. THE CARIBS HAVE THEIR UNIQUE ARTS AND CRAFTS THEY SELL TO THE TOURISTS. THEIR ARE MANY HISTORIC CHURCHES. THE BRITISH HAD GIVEN THEM INDEPENDENCE.

IN THE 1900'S THE ASIAN, AFRICAN AND CARIBS MERGE WITH A MULTI COMPLEX CULTURE. THE CARIBBEAN FOLKS FEEL THEY HAVE LOST IDENTITY BY USING AFRICAN WAYS TODAY. SYMBOLS OF THE CARRIBEAN ARE PARROT, PALM, AND A SHELL. THE WORK OF MOST PAINTERS HAVE DEVELOPED IN THE MID IN THE MID 1800'S THEY DEVELOPED A WIDE STYLE OF ARTS SINCE 1900'S AND AFTER 1945. THE HAITIAN ARTISTS HAVE DESIGNED PRINTS. THEY HAD A TRAVELING EXHIBIT IN 1948.

CARIBBEAN IDENTITY IS TIED TO ITS ALTERNATIVE LIFESTYLE BY REGION AND ISLAND. SOME AUTHORS HAVE MANY REWARDS. THEIR MUSIC OF RASTAFARIAN IS HEARD ON ALL ISLANDS. THEY HAVE MUSIC IN CHURCHES, PERFORM ART CENTERS, RADIOS, AND ON T.V. SOME PLAY CLASSICAL WESTERN. THEY HAVE A THRIVING THEATRE AND FESTIVALS.

THEY HAVE HAVE DEVELOPED HUMOR AS PART OF THEIR IDENTITY. THEIR THEMES RELATE TO THEIR SHARED HISTORY AND POLITICAL SITUATION.

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