Bahamas CID

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The Bahamas

Presentation for International

Day


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THE BASICS

Location In the Atlantic Ocean, between the United States (closest to Florida) and Cuba

Climate Always comfortable with temperatures between 6080 degrees year round

Population 350,000 people; 70% of population live in Nassau

Capital &

Largest City

Nassau, well-known for its holiday resortsAtlant isand Paradise Island

Languages English is the primary language however, many people speak Bahamian Creole

ReligionWide variety of religious groups including, but not limited to, Baptists (35%),

Anglicans (15%) and Roman Catholic (14%)

CurrencyBahamian Dollar (1:1 with the US Dollar). Cost of living higher with import duty

tax & freight on automobiles, clothes and food.

Motto Forward, Upward, Onward, Together

National

Sport

Spool sailing, declared in 1993. Bahamas teams include rugby, soccer and

basketball

National Bird West Indian Flamingo
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MAP


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CULTURE Bahamian culture is a hybrid of African and European cultures. Though increasingly influenced by

commercialisation (due to tourism) and American music and television, but dipiete this Bahamian cultureretains much of its uniqueness.

Bahamian culture is related to other creole cultures throughout the Caribbean Basin, but also to the

Gullah culture in coastal South Carolina and Georgia in the United States. Many Gullah people were taken

to the Bahamas after the American Revolutionary War.

In the less developed outer islands, handicrafts include basketry made from palm fronds. This material,

commonly called "straw", is plaited into hats and bags that are popular tourist items. Another use is forso-called "Voodoo dolls," even though such dolls are the result of the American imagination and not

based on historic fact.

Although not practised by native Bahamians, a form of folk magic obeah derived from West African

origins, is practiced in some Family Islands (out-islands) of the Bahamas due to Haitian migration. The

practice of obeah is however illegal in the Bahamas and punishable by law.[37] Junkanoo is a traditional

African street parade of music, dance, and art held in Nassau (and a few other settlements) every Boxing

Day, New Year's Day. Junkanoo is also used to celebrate other holidays and events such as Emancipation

Day.

Regattas are important social events in many family island settlements. They usually feature one or more

days of sailing by old-fashioned , as well as an onshore festival.

Some settlements have festivals associated with the traditional crop or food of that area, such as the

"Pineapple Fest" in Gregory Town, Eleuthera or the "Crab Fest" on Andros. Other significant traditions

include storytelling.


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SIGHTS

AtlantisParadise Island Abaco Lighthouse

St Peters Church, Long Island Downtown Nassau (Cruise-port)


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SIGHTS

EleutheraPublic Beach Cat Island-The Hermitage (Mt. Alvernia)

Nassau-The Queen's Staircase Paradise Island- Versailles Gardens


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CUISINE

Conch Fritters - a savory doughnut containingconch(a single shelled marine mollusk), onions, sweet

peppers and tomatoes that is battered and deep fried,

often served with a peppered tomato mayonnaise sauce

Conch Salad a delicious Ceviche of conch

marinated in lime juice with fresh tomatoes, onions, andcelery.

Guava Duff-a boiled jelly roll made of a fluffy doughfilled with fresh guava and topped with a rum butter sauce

Other popular dishes are, cracked conch (bruised,battered and deep fried conch) boiled fish and grits , peas

soup and dumplings and souse (well-cooked pickled pigs

feet, sheep's tongue or chicken) with Johnny cakes


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MUSIC

JUNKANOO

a rhythmic drum driven amalgamation ofsound. This festive music combines the sounds of the conch

shell, goat skin drums, cow bells and a variety of brass

instruments including trumpets, saxophones and the tuba.

RAKE-N-SCRAPE -this genre uses the unlikely instruments of

spoons, butter knives and carpenter saws to accompany drums

and aerophones similar to the rick-saw music of the Turks and

Caicos islands, (formerly a part of the Bahamas). Traditionallyused to accompany the Bahamian Quadrille and the heel-toe

polka all relics of the initial mixture of Africa and Europe.


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Junkanoo Junkanoo- a celebration themed festival once used to mark the end of slavery is filled

with costumes that are elaborate and costly. The largest festivals are held in Nassauin the wee hours of the morning on Boxing Day(Dec 26) and New years day.Costumes are distinctively made of cardboard and decorated primarily with crepepaper, feathers, glitter and beads, but can encompass a wide range of form, shape,size, design, and taste.


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FAMOUS BAHAMIANS

Sir Sidney Poitier Tonique Williams-Darling Johnny Kemp


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Words and Adages

Jook: To stab or poke, from the West African word of the same meaning.Commonly used to express outrage at hypocrisy : Well jook me up, an' stabme in my back

Eh?: Similar to huh, it usually emphasizes the end of a questionvery

similar to the way its used in Canada, i.e., So youre a tourist, eh?

Asue or Asue draw: a form of lottery traced to a Yoruba custom

"Hard head bird don't make good soup": "When a person is stubborn,he/she will learn the hard way".

"New Broom Sweep Clean, But Ole Broom know where ya dirt is": "Neverforget your old friends when you make new ones".


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PLACES OF INTEREST

FAMOUS BAHAMIANS

BAHAMIAN CULTURE

FOOD


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St. Peters Church (Long Island)


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Atlantis (Paradise Island)


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Versailles Gardens

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