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Culture of The Caribbean

The document provides information about the cultures of various Caribbean countries including their material culture, non-material culture, and mass culture as well as the country's last colonizer. For each country listed, details are given about typical foods, languages spoken, popular music genres, and festivals.

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Culture of The Caribbean

The document provides information about the cultures of various Caribbean countries including their material culture, non-material culture, and mass culture as well as the country's last colonizer. For each country listed, details are given about typical foods, languages spoken, popular music genres, and festivals.

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CULTURES OF THE CARIBBEAN

COUNTRY MATERIAL CULTURE NON-MATERIAL CULTURE MASS CULTURE LAST COLONISER


Barbados Cou Cou [seasoned Bajan [English & West African] Calypso & ‘Crop Over’ [August] English
cornmeal] & Flying Fish
Cuba Platillo Moros y Cristianos Spanish Creole [Spanish, West Salsa & ‘Carnival de Santiago de Spanish
[black beans, vegetables & African & Haitian] Cuba’ [July]
rice]
Dominica Mountain chicken [frog legs Kweyol [French, West African & Bouyon & ‘World Creole Music English
& vegetables] English] Festival’ [October]
Callalloo soup [leafy
vegetables & coconut milk]
Guadeloupe Porc Colombo [pork & Creole [French, West African & Zouk & Carnaval [Easter] French
vegetables] Amerindian]
Guyana Pepper pot [pork, beef & Rupununi [Hindi, English & Shanto [calypso & mento] & English
vegetables etc.] African] and Creole [English, Mashramani [late February]
West African & Dutch]
Haiti Griot & rice & beans [pork Kreyol Ayisyen [West African, Kompa & ‘Haitian Defile Kanaval’ French
with rice and peas] French, Taino & Spanish] [February]
Jamaica Ackee & Saltfish Patois [English, West African & Reggae [Reggae Sumfest] & English
Spanish] Dancehall [Sting]
St. Kitts Stewed Saltfish with Creole [English & West African] St. Kitts Music Festival [ late June] English
Plantain, Coconut Dumpling
& Breadfruit
St. Lucia Fig Vet e’ Lanmowi [saltfish Creole [French, West African & Bele [funeral music] & “Jou’vert’ English
and green banana] English] [July]
St. Vincent Roast Breadfruit & Fried Creole [English & West African] Vincy Mas [late June] English
Jackfish
Trinidad Pelau [rice, vegetables & Creole [English, French, Spanish Soca & ‘Trini Carnival’ [February] English
chicken] & West African]

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