Miss Lou, the Honourable Louise Bennett-Coverley O.M., O.J., finally has her day! September 7 has...
Author - Marcia "Ackeegiel" Davidson
Jamaica Christmas Market/Grand Market
Christmas Market or Grand Market as it was also called was held on the morning of Christmas Day...
Chinese in Jamaica
The Chinese started to arrive in Jamaica on July 30th,1854. By the year 1930, four thousand...
Work Songs
With the dawn of the 19th Century came the cries of the Napoleonic war to the flames and carnage of...
Christmas Market or Grand Market
Christmas Market or Grand Market as it was also called was held on the morning of Christmas Day...
John Canoe or Jonkonnu Parade
The John Canoe (Jonkonnu), which links music and dance, mime and symbol is an early traditional...
Jamaican Pantomimes
Jamaicans pride themselves on their sense of rhythm, their love of laughter and their loose-limbed...
Jamaican Weddings
Weddings are considered grand family occasions. In the rural parishes the entire community helps...
Belief about Birth and Deaths(Old Wives Tales)
In the days of slavery we learn from our ancestors that whenever a woman had a baby both baby and...
Jamaican Culture – An Overview
Culture is the way of life of a people and includes, customs, practices, beliefs, superstitions and...