Sentences with phrase «jamaican cultures»

They represent German, Chinese, and Jamaican cultures.
They saw me as an unknown outsider, who constantly struggled to acclimate to Jamaican culture.
This new collection of recipes were created by four members of the beloved family — Rita, Cedella, Ziggy, and Rohan — and embody the bright, delicious flavors of the Jamaican culture.
As a result, Red Stripe and Jamaican culture became intertwined, and the lager and music became worldwide exports.
Jamaica is safe, Jamaica is clean, and Jamaican culture embraces families.
Show Respect to for his Mother — In Jamaican Culture respect for the mans Mother is so important.
To make his directorial debut on an adaptation of Yardie, the 1992 Victor Headley novel about the collision of Jamaican culture in London, Idris Elba put into it many of the pieces of his life and career.
There was a weekly activity about Jamaican culture.
Her works are diverse, featuring romance novels set in Jamaica, Chicago and New York, a historical novel focusing on Jamaican culture and history, and non-fiction essays which have appeared in anthologies.
Positioned on what is known as the «Hip Strip», this beach does have a rather touristy vibe, but it retains its rich Jamaican culture.
Music is a huge part of Jamaican culture and the island boasts some of the best reggae acts on the planet.
1.5 hours from Sangster International Airport and 5 minutes from downtown Ocho Rios, the prime location of Moon Palace Jamaica will give visitors a chance to explore the local area and truly immerse themselves in Jamaican culture!
The subjects» proud posturing refers to both the source painting and the symbolism of Jamaican culture, with its singular people and specific ideals of youth, beauty and style.
In Chris's 2015 solo show «Top - A-Toppa» at Stream Gallery (Brooklyn, NY) Chris explored Jamaican culture, the complexities of gender identity, desire, tragedy, and public lynching bringing to light recent murdered queer persons in Jamaican headlines.
The work of mixed - media artist Ebony G. Patterson investigates the complex relationships between gender, politics, beauty, race, and ritual in contemporary Jamaican culture.
For Patterson's first monographic museum show in New York, she is presenting six tapestries and a life - sized tableau composed of six mannequins dressed in a «kaleidoscopic mix of floral fabrics» that «present a complex vision of what it means to be male in contemporary Jamaican culture» (image at top of page).

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Being married to Maria, whose heritage is Jamaican, Patten has seen firsthand the way that culture changes over the generations, from his wife's parents in the Caribbean to their own children in London.
Robertson augmented his knowledge of the Jamaican language and culture last summer at Sun Splash, a reggae festival in Montego Bay.
I had always heard of the vibrance and energy of Jamaican people and culture, but what had the biggest impact on me was the luscious nature.
hi peeps,, what can i say, i'm a jamaican can guy that love meeting new people learning differnt cultures and lifes style... hit me up and know more
In Yardie, a young Jamaican (Aml Ameen) watches his peace - loving brother gunned down, and grows up torn between embracing his brother's ideals, or immersing himself in gang and drug culture to seek revenge.
Based on the literature reviews, observations in the schools and meetings with the departments at the Ministry of Education, the team presented several key policy considerations to the Ministry: (1) utilize a website, the National Play Day, and the Jamaican Teaching Council as platforms from which educators can develop and share best game - based learning practices; (2) promote a culture of collaboration through the Quality Education Circles (local discussion groups for educators), and by allocating time for teachers to develop and share game - based learning strategies; (3) provide resource support for schools in the form of workshops and training; and (4) create a monitoring and evaluation plan to be conducted at the school level.
Obviously they taught me the basics in Jamaican Creole and this is highly recommended to be integrated well in this culture.
Along with the Caribbean's best sun, sand and sea, this destination has an intriguing history that has created one people out of many, and a culture that is unmistakably Jamaican.
Enjoy the jungle and the mixture of cultures between the black Afro - Jamaican and the indigenous people of the Bri - bris.
Since the co-owner Carolina is a local painter and art historian deeply engaged with the unusual culture and Jamaican influences of Costa Ricans.
Imagine escaping from the stress and chaos of security lines and crowded departure halls to a sanctuary where you can relax, unwind or catch up with the office, all while immersed in warn Jamaican hospitality an culture.
In addition to the foreigners, which are mostly South American, Canadian and European, you have 3 distinct local cultures living here (Indigenous, Jamaican Caribbean and Spanish.)
Cahuita's ethnic base is of Jamaican origin and we have their Reggae culture.
Like most of the towns on the Caribbean, Puerto Viejo offers a different flavor of life than the rest of Costa Rica, where the population and culture is heavily influenced by Jamaican descendants.
The ten - day package offers accommodation in smaller properties and homestays including all meals featuring Jamaican cuisine, community experience tours to many diverse villages; a train tour from the Jamaica Railway Corporation (recently renovated and re-opened); Fi Read Jamaica information book on Jamaican beauty, vibes, and culture by Kevin O'Brien Chang; and a Community Tourism Manual featuring The Youth Transformation Program.
Travelers can experience their ideal Jamaican vacation to resort areas such as Negril for its gorgeous stretch of Seven Mile beach, Montego Bay and Ocho Rios for world - class attractions and the capital city of Kingston for its music and culture.
In her work, the Jamaica - born mixed - media artist Ebony G. Patterson recontextualizes gender norms and explores Jamaican dancehall culture.
The Jamaican artist is known for his compositions of neighborhood - found objects that address issues of consumer culture, poverty, and race — from his installation of disposed strollers at New Museum to his transformation of typical outdoor structures, like playgrounds, into playful objects in his newest installation Nari Ward: G.O.A.T., again.
Dramatic, sculptural installations that transform collected mundane materials into works examining race, poverty, consumer culture, and materiality have become synonymous with the Jamaican - born, Uptown - based Nari Ward's practice.
Specifically the connections between her experiences in Gullah spirituality and her experiences in Jamaican, Cuban and Brazilian culture.
«At the museum we're trying to speak to the Caribbean influences that run through Miami's culture, and Ward's work goes a long way in that respect as one of the most respected Jamaican artists today,» explained PAMM Associate Curator Diana Nawi.
Subjects of his paintings are developed from both of the Jamaican and British culture, and he prefers to create his works rather from photographs, than memory.
Patterson's current works explore the constructions of the masculine within popular cultural using the Jamaican dancehall culture as platform to launch the discussion.
Archer - Straw is the co-author of Jamaican Art (Kingston Publishers, 1990), editor of Fifty Years - Fifty Artists (Ian Randle Publishers, 2000), and the author of Negrophilia: Avant Garde Paris and Black Culture in the 1920s (Thames & Hudson, 2000).
My most significant publications include Jamaican Art (Kingston Publishers, 1990), Fifty Years - Fifty Artists (Ian Randle Publishers, 2000), and Negrophilia: Avant Garde Paris and Black Culture in the 1920s (Thames & Hudson, 2000) and Back to Black, 2005, co-authored with Richard Powell and David Bailey.
Featuring found - object sculptures Ward sources from the streets near his current home in New York, Ward's work comments on African - American culture and Caribbean diaspora by referencing his own Jamaican influence and experience.
In a nearby gallery, Jamaican artist Ebony G. Patterson's paintings suggest ethereal androgynous figures in vortices of glitter and paint in what a wall text calls her «exploration of Jamaican dancehall culture as a space for... masquerading and gender fluidity» in the «laissez - faire spirit of Carnival.»
The gallery describes the works thus: «Focusing on the body to impart the paradoxical relationship between Jamaica's traditional expectations of manhood and the flamboyant aesthetics of its dancehall culture, Patterson creates a window onto working - class Jamaican society.»
Incorporated in 1955, Miramar has not only become a center of Hispanic culture but also sports a large Jamaican population.
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