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