Jamaican Cultural Tours

Jamaican Cultural Tours Honoring Jamaican culture, experience the Island's majic and people

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Relax, renew and get in the vibe
Jamaican Cultural Tours “Come wit we” for a day of exploring the island and its tastes, sights and sounds. Here are some of the ways we suggest you connect with Jamaica’s people, culture, music and food. We can customize a day long or week long experience for 2-20 people that will match the interests and the vibe of the group.

25/06/2011

Jakes in Treasure Beach is a great place to relax

05/05/2011
Negril Beach Resorts Map - Negril, Jamaica

This is a great resource for finding the perfect place to stay. So many videos and photos of the beach and cliff resorts. Then call us and we will be your guide to all the magic and adventure.

02/05/2011
Port Royal Project: Home

Once known as the 'Wickedest City on Earth,' Port Royal on the island of Jamaica was one of the largest towns in the English colonies during the late 17th century. It was a haven for privateers and pirates, such as the famed Sir Henry Morgan, due to its excellent geographic location in the middle of the Caribbean.

The last TAMU/INA excavation at Port Royal was conducted in 1990, at present there are no plans to undertake any further excavations.

08/04/2011
Easter in Jamaica | Bun and Cheese! | keepitjiggy.com

Easter time in Jamaica means Easter Bun and Cheese they are a BIG part of Jamaican culture, just like several other representative foods such as saltfish or ackee. The concept dates back to ancient Babylon, when cross buns were offered to Ishtar, the pagan queen of heaven. Ancient Greeks made similar cakes to honor the moon.

The Story of the Jamaica Easter Tradition From The Hot Cross Buns Yum, let’s all have a hot cross bun. Jamaicans probably remember the universal ditty

04/04/2011
Places to visit in Jamaica - Pelican Bar

Pelican Bar is one of those out of the way places to visit in Jamaica. You won't stumble upon it, you have to seek it out.
You can only get there by boat, or if you're a long distance swimmer. It's a quaint little building of sticks and boards (no big bad wolves allowed!) in the middle of the sea, off the coast of Parottee, St. Elizabeth

Pelican Bar is one of those out of the way places to visit in Jamaica. Get out of your car, onto a boat, and head out

02/04/2011
Jamaican Rum - A kill-devil of a drink

Jamaican Rum

"I have found your articles on the Pieces of the Past most entertaining and interesting to read. For me as a historian these pieces come at a time when Jamaicans need to reconnect themselves with their past and the Gleaner's efforts thr

11/03/2011

Naseberry Fruit is in season: The sap from the naseberry tree with the addition of sugar to make chewing gum. Recorded history has shown that the Indians of Mexico and the Caribbean use to chew on this gum which they called “chuckle”.

07/02/2011

My music will go on forever. Maybe it's a fool say that, but when me know facts me can say facts. My music will go on forever.
Bob Marley

04/02/2011
Negril - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Negril one of the world's top beaches

Negril is a small (pop. 3,000) but widely dispersed beach resort town located across parts of two Jamaican parishes of Westmoreland and Hanover. Westmoreland is the westernmost parish in Jamaica, located on the south side of the island. Downtown Negril, the West End cliff resorts to the south of dow

18/12/2010
Accompong Maroon Festival

Accompong Festival January 6th 2011

This celebration commemorates the birthday of Captain Cudjoe, a Maroon warrior, who defeated the English army and later brokered a peace treaty with the British in 1738.

18/12/2010

The blowing of the Abeng, the playing of the Maroon drums and the traditional march to the Kindah tree are just some of the ways Jamaica pays tribute to the ancestors of the Maroons. Maroons are the descendants of slaves who were freed by the Spanish and fled to Jamaica’s untouched South Coast in the pursuit of freedom, and who live there to this day.

08/12/2010
Overview of Christmas Jamaica (Jamaica)

Christmas in Jamaica- Curried Goat, Christmas Cake, Oxtail, Jonkanoo festival so much tradition without the snow.

Christmas in Jamaica, even though not much different from around the world, has it own flavor based on the many cultures that make up the island.

12/10/2010
Jamaica Gleaner : Pieces of the Past: The History of Spanish Town

Spanish occupation of Jamaica- 1509, five years after having been marooned for 347 days in the northeastern town of Sevilla la Nueva, what is now known as St. Ann`s Bay, Christopher Columbus bequeathed Jamaica to his heirs

By Dr. Rebecca Tortello1509, five years after having been marooned for 347 days in the northeastern town of Sevilla la Nueva, what is now known as St. Ann`s Bay, Christopher Columbus bequeathed Jamaica to his heirs.

04/10/2010
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Jamaican Maroons are the ex-slaves or descendants of enslaved Africans brought by the Spaniards and who had fled to the hilly regions of the island. It is held in some accounts that they also intermixed with members of the Taino population still existing in these regions, who had themselves fled the oppression of Spanish occupation. This has been one of the bases on which the Maroons have been declared and recognized as indigenous people.

The original Jamaican Maroons are the ex-slaves or descendants of enslaved Africans brought by the Spaniards and who had fled to the hilly regions of the island. It is held in some accounts that they also intermixed ...

01/10/2010
Introduction

Kumina is a religion, music and dance retained and practiced by in large part by Jamaicans who reside in the eastern parish on St. Thomas on the island. The root of Kumina drumming and dancing is said to come from the Bantu-speaking peoples of the Congo.

"Tu-dum, tu-dum, tu-dum, tu-dum, like the amplified sound of heart beats echoing across the mountain tops. Potent, hypnotic and alive, the pulsating rhythms of the drums. – Kumina. No one can escape its draw, no one wants to. You’re going home!"

21/09/2010
Jamaican Dumplings

Dumplings are a staple to the Jamaican diet. Boiled, Fried, sweet or savory. Got to try some. Here are a few recipes

Jamaican Dumplings and Fritters

20/09/2010
Remembering the Tainos

The Tainos, who are generally referred to as Arawaks, are recognized as the earliest recorded inhabitants of Jamaica. There is a distinction to be made between the words Taino and Arawak with the former referring to the inhabitants and the latter to a language."We believe the Tainos were the first inhabitants of Jamaica. They would have migrated from South America and reached the Greater Antilles somewhere around 700 to 1000 AD," Dr. Cresser informs

Jamaica is regarded as a cultural melting pot due to its unique history and the racial diversity that has contributed to the country's cultural heritage.

17/09/2010

Ackee is the national fruit of Jamaica, and ackee and saltfish is the national dish.Ackee is the national fruit of Jamaica, and ackee and saltfish is the national dish.

25/08/2010

A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.
Marcus Garvey

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