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Jamaican Culture
Omar Robertson
Steel Drums
• Are used for entertainment
• Are made from fifty-five gallon drums that formerly contained oil
• Are recycled instruments
Saltfish
• Is the Jamaican national dish
• Saltfish is salted catfish with the fruit Ackee
Dominoes
• Dominoes is a game that all Jamaicans can play
• The games involves matching up dominoes
Jamaica Patois
• Patois is “slang” for Caribean languages including Jamaican
• Patois is the national language
Government
• Queen Elizabeth II is the queen of Jamaica
• Portia Simpson Miller is the prime minister of Jamaica
WORK CITED
• Culture Grams. Games and Sports. 2014. Web. 16 Nov 2014.
• Culture Grams. Food . 2014 . Web . 16 Nov 2014
• Wikipedia . Steel Drums . Web . 15 Nov. 2014
• Wikipedia . Patois . Web . 16 Nov. 2014
• Wikipedia . Jamaican Government . Web. 19 Nov 2014