Posted: under "A TASTE of the TROPICS", "DID YOU KNOW", "Jazzy REGGAE ~ Irie Riddim", "LOVE is LOVELY", "Welcome to JAMrock ~ JAMAICA ~ NO PROBLEM".
Tags: appeal, artists, belief, Caribbean, contribution, country, courage, determination, donation, empathy, encouragement, faith, family, fund, gift, government, Haiti, heart, hope, humanity, inspiration, island, Jamaica, Jamaican, life, link, love, money, music, musician, nation, neighbor, performance, reggae, relief, resilience, strength, sympathy, tribute, version, video, world
Caribbean’s version of “We are the World” for Haiti….
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Enjoy . . . . !
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“OUT OF MANY . . . ONE PEOPLE”
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Posted: under "Jamaica Labrish Korner", "Jamaica ~ Land Of Paradise", "Welcome to JAMrock ~ JAMAICA ~ NO PROBLEM".
Tags: activist, Bob Marley, Caribbean, celebration, celebrity, ceremony, country, culture, guitarist, happiness, Hollywood, island, Jamaican, legend, life, medal, music, nation, New York, Olympic, performer, reggae, singer, smiles, songwriter, sports, superstar, talent, ticket, Usain Bolt, winner, world
World Fastest Man —-Jamaican Usain Bolt
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Jamaican Track and Field Star
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Born Jamaican - By Tony Robinson
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There is nobody like a Jamaican, Nobody! Sometimes it’s difficult to determine where someone comes from. Drop us into the vast mosaic of the peoples of the world and try to figure out who is who.
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“Him is from China, no, is Japanese, but him could be Korean still.” The same goes for people from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, or Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana. We just can’t tell them apart. Not so with Jamaicans though, who stand out and stick out like beacons in the night. Foreigners know us in a flash, and we can identify each other from way across the street. We are so distinct that other people try to walk, talk and act like us.
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I’m so amused when I encounter Americans, Europeans, Japanese, [Madam Cleo, or Ron] trying to act Jamaican. “Hey mon, wha hoppening mon, eberyting irie?” I usually reply in my most proper English. If they are Japanese, I say, “Sukiyaki, Sayonara, Sony, Toyota Mitsubishi.” Just to keep them guessing.
OUT OF MANY ONE PEOPLE!
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“So you speak Japanese?”
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“Ah so, Nissan, Sanyo, Toyota Tercel..”
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But what makes us so different from other people? First it’s the walk, nobody walks like us. People in foreign walk briskly, head straight, arms swinging almost in military fashion, with a stride and purpose like they’re going somewhere. Not us though, who saunter with a rhythm that is almost slow motion. No hurry, no scurry, no flurry, no rushy rushy, just cool, with a bop and rhythm that could be put to music. Years ago we used to call it bop. For some it’s natural while others practiced it.
Bob Marley Commemorative Coin
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If you’re a girl in the middle of Paris, Madrid or Tokyo and hear, “psst, psst,” from across the street,
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Jul 31 2009
Posted: under "A TASTE of the TROPICS", "Jamaica ~ Land Of Paradise", "Welcome to JAMrock ~ JAMAICA ~ NO PROBLEM".
Tags: action, activity, beaches, beauty, Caribbean, choices, earth, Eden, entertainment, experience, freedom, garden, glory, happiness, heart, honeymoon, hospitality, hotel, Jamaica, Jamaican, joy, life, link, love, marriage, mind, music, Negril, paradise, peace, photos, reggae, relaxation, resort, restaurant, rhythm, Rick's Cafe, romance, service, smiles, soul, spa, spirit, sports, sunset, taste, touch, tropics, vacation, vision, warmth, waterfalls, wedding, world
Whether you’re looking for solitude, natural beauty or a happening hot spot, find your perfect beach on an exotic corner of the world……
Boisterous reggae, white-sand beaches, lush foliage, and clear waterfalls: That’s Jamaica, mon!!!!
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Once You Go, You Know.
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JAMROCK!!!!!!
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Enter the elegantly rustic, jewel-like lobby and immediately come face to face with a beach so magnificent it takes your breath away. A half mile of pearl-white sand arching in a perfect crescent, kissed by translucent turquoise water-the spectacular sight of the undulating aquamarine sea greets you from every corner of Sandals Negril in Jamaica. The lushness of the gardens, the staff’s easygoing warmth and the ever-present, soothing sound of surf - you’ll find time slipping away as you become one with the carefree Negril state of mind.
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Mar 29 2009
Posted: under "Jazzy REGGAE ~ Irie Riddim", "Welcome to JAMrock ~ JAMAICA ~ NO PROBLEM".
Tags: army, Bob Marley, celebrity, culture, education, heritage, history, home, inspiration, Jamaican, life, link, love, military, music, musician, reggae, soldier, training, Up Park Camp, video, world
This is about 15 minutes long, but it is totally worth watching.
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Alpha Boys Home-Jamaica (As seen on PBS)
Mar 28 2009
Posted: under "Jamaica Labrish ~ Louise Bennett".
Tags: Anansi, argument, calypso, creativity, dance, demonstration, dialect, English, fun, Jamaican, joke, language, lyrics, Miss Lou, originality, reggae, style
Miss Lou
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Anansi, Miss Lou and the ‘raw chaw’ argument
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Published: Sunday | March 8, 2009
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Killing originality
In one of her wicked poems, ‘Bans a Killin’ Miss Lou persuasively argues that Jamaican - which she calls ‘dialect’ - is not inferior to English. And she firmly puts in his place censorious Mas Charlie who, somewhat like the Broadcasting Commission these days, is trying to kill off verbal creativity in the slack local language. Here are the first two and the last two verses of Miss Lou’s poem:
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So yuh a de man me hear bout!
Ah yuh dem seh dah teck
Whole heap a English oat seh
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Yuh gwine kill dialect!
Posted: under "A TASTE of the TROPICS".
Tags: Bob Marley, Caribbean, food, ital, Jamaican, jerk, meat, music, patties, reggae, rum, seasoning, shellfish, tropics, vegetarian
Mention Jamaica to any non-Jamaican and immediately he or she will respond Bob Marley! Reggae music! No problem man! Or Jerk cooking.
Is Jerk the name of a dance? Maybe!
Is jerk the name of a person? Maybe!
Then what is jerk?
Jerk seasoning is made up of various herbs and spices. Jerking is using this seasoning on various meats and cooking slowly on medium heat. The term herb is also used to describe “Jamaica Ganja” a potent illegal weed, or illegal substance or drug. Jerk was a method used by the maroons to prepare wild pigs in their fight in the hills of Jamaica against the British.
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Oct 19 2008