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Barbados
Sophie and Emma
Language
Language: Although their native language is English, in Barbados they use sayings, dis, instead of this and
duh, instead of the, happened instead of happen, wah instead of
what, ya instead of you, and instead of the phrase what happened they
say whahappen.
Foods
In Barbados there are many traditional fish, such as…flying fish Cou Cou is
always served on Friday and two of the traditional foods are cooking fish cakes spicy or mild. Barbados offers a wide variety of fish throughout their island,
for example Barracuda, Kingfish, Snapper, Bill Fish, Chubb, Yellow Fin
Tuna, and Mahi Mahi. A wide variety of Bajan spices, such as cloves or onions, are additionally a Barbados custom.
Music
A lot of reggae music is listened to in Barbados. Along with steel pan music which, is a form of a steel percussion drum and made from pounding the bottom of an oil drum into a bowl shape, They also listen to a lot of gospel music since, they are quite
religious. http://www.steeldrumband.net/harrison/sounds/misbehave.wav
Economic Aspect
Some resources in Barbados include natural gas and oil. It has a very high
tourist rate as well. There are probably many U.S. tourists that go
to Barbados.
Current Standard of Living People
The literacy rate is 90.7, and the life expectancy is 74 years old. In terms of the
poverty within the Caribbean countries, Barbados is in a good place. Barbados is said to have the best healthcare in The Caribbean. The unemployment rate is
10.7. Barbados is pretty stable, which is good for the U.S. because we don’t have
to help them a lot.
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