Jamaican Pantomimes
Jamaicans pride themselves on their sense of rhythm, their love of laughter and their loose-limbed style. It’s a reflection of the many cultures blended into one unique style, a marriage between the Old World and the New. We boast that we make drama of everything. An old Jamaican phrase advises that “we tek bad sinting […]
Jamaican Weddings
Weddings are considered grand family occasions. In the rural parishes the entire community helps with the wedding preparations. The older women giving last minute instructions to the young bride is a very common way of life. In rural communities a large booth made of coconut leaves and bamboo is built and decorated with flowers. The […]
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 mother were kept in doors for 9 days. The midwife “Nana” who delivered the baby would tie the placenta and navel string put it in a secure place. Three days after the baby’s birth these […]
Jamaican Culture – An Overview
Culture is the way of life of a people and includes, customs, practices, beliefs, superstitions and food. All this lead people to act, think and behave differently from other people in other cultures. The Jamaican culture is a great example. These customs lead people to act, think and behave differently and make them distinctive. The […]
Its time to go home
Well, I think it’s time for me to go home. This year is not going well. I have extra classes, a much smaller room and I really think everybody at school is in a big conspiracy to get me out of Marine Biology. Let me tell you what happened. I had a field trip yesterday […]
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Jamaicans.com Redesign
We have a new Jamaicans.com design. Many of these changes follow the feedback we have received from our members 4 months ago in a poll we conducted on our bulletin board. We hope the improvements will make each visit to Jamaicans.com a more informative and useful experience for you. Special thanks to the many of […]
A Close Call
A Close Call by Miss PeBeepby Miss PeBeep (June 2002) As children growing up, we would always look forward to the expected or unexpected visit from a relative living overseas or in another parish or town. One such visit would often come from a Cousin Lando who lived in Manchester. Now that I have growing […]
A Kid’s Guide to Regions in Jamaica
Learn about the counties, parishes and different Regions in Jamaica with these visual maps. Jamaica is divided in to three counties with 14 parishes. The 3 counties are: Surrey, Middlesex and Cornwall Below are the names of the parishes with their capitals in parentheses: Clarendon (May Pen) Hanover (Lucea) Kingston (Kingston) Manchester (Mandeville) Portland (Port Antonio) […]
Accompanying Thelma to the Obeah man
It is 5:36 A.M. and amid the morning’s mist, the sound of crowing roosters from afar and the rising sun Thelma and I make our way up the precipitous hill. We had just finish contemplating as to whether or not we were at the right place and became convince upon seeing a red flag on […]