CULTURE OF JAMAICA

HISTORY

• Spanish colony
• British colony
• Claimed independence

LOCATION AND GEOGRAPHY

• South of Cuba
• Greater Antilles
• 4,244 miles
• 14 parishes

CAPITAL

• Kingston

POPULATION

• 3 million
• Over half lives in Urban areas

ETHNICITY

LANGUAGE

• English

SYMBOLISM

• Motto: Out of many, one people
• Flag

RELIGION

• Anglican church of the elite

CELEBRATIONS

• Independence Day
• Christmas
• Boxing Day
• New Years Day and Chinese New Year
• National Heroes Day

CEREMONIAL FOOD

• Rice
• Sweet Potato
• Slaughtered animals or birds
• Goat meat

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