THE ORIGINAL TAINO SETTLERS WERE FOLLOWED BY SPANISH SETTLERS. THEY DIFFERED AND BLACKS AND SLAVES DOMINANT CULTURE AND THEY SUFFERED HARSH CONDITIONS OF FORCED LABOR. CHINES AND INDIAN MIGRANTS WERE TRANSPORTED TO THE ISLAND AS INDENTURED WORKERS. THEIR LANGUAGE IS ENGLISH WITH PATOISE SPOKEN. ARAWAKS WERE ORIGINAL INHABITANTS. THEY SERVED THE INHABITANTS OF THE ARRIVAL OF THE EUROPEANS. THERE ARE NO ARAWAK COMMUNITIES LEFT IN JAMAICA WHO RECOVERED TRACES OF THEIR ORIGINAL CULTURE.
THE LARGEST RELIGION IN JAMAICA IS THE CHRISTIAN FAITH. THEY HAVE A BAPTIST SECTOR. 80% OF THE POPULATION SEEK THE SERVICES OF TRADITIONAL AFRICAN RELIGIOUS HEALERS.
JAMAICAN CELEBRATION IS CALLED NINE NIGHT. IT IS A COMMENDATION OF THE DEAD SO THEY DON'T HARM THE LIVING IN EVIL.
THE BAHAI FAITH IN JAMAICA BEGAN IN IN 1942 WHEN MALCOLM KING CAME HERE. THEY ALSO HAVE BUDDHISM, HINDUISM, AND ISLAM.
RASTAFARIAN BELIEF IS BASED ON THE OLD TESTAMENT AND BOOK OF REVELATION. THEY BELIEVE IN THE DIVINITY OF THE EMPEROR HAILE SELASSIE OF ETHIOPIA. THE MOST POPULAR RASTAFARIAN WAS BOB MARLEY WHO EXPRESSED HIS BELIEF THROUGH REGGAE MUSIC. IN THE 1970 -2004. THEIR COMMUNITY IS SHARED THROUGH SONG AND CHANTS . CANNABIS IS PROHIBITED IN JAMAICA MAKING RASTAS IN A STATE OF TENSION WITH POLICE.
JAMAICA CUISINE INCLUDES MANY MIXES OF COOKING - SPANISH, BRITISH, AFRICANS, INDIANS, AND CHINESE INTO THE ISLAND. ITS BY THE TROPICAL FRUITS AND MEATS ARE AVAILABLE. MANY DISHES INCLUDE CURRY AND GOAT, COD, RICE, AND PEAS. THEY MAKE MANY BREADS AS WELL AS FRUIT BEVERAGES AND RUM.
DANCE HAS ALWAYS BEEN IMPORTANT FROM COLONIAL TIMES TO PRESENT. FOLK RHYTHMS AND MOVEMENT ARE ENHANCED TO CHRISTIAN RHYTHMS. AND CELEBRATIONS. THE DANCES ARE IMPORTANT HERE. AFTER 1800'S THEY ABOLISHED SLAVERY. THEN THE JAMAICANS FUSED MUSIC AND FOLKLORE. SOME OF THEM EVOLVED INTO TALES OF SEXUAL INNUENDOS.
JAMAICA IS HOME TO MANY EXCELLENT FURNITURE FACTORIES DATING FROM COLONIAL TIMES
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