The Caribbean

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The Caribbean

• By Kirstie Pealling ,Cara Pullinger and Louise
  Wyatt

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Sport

• A variety of sport are played in the
  Caribbean.The crystal clear water and the
  tropical winds combine to make the region among
  the worlds best water locations. But it is
  cricket and soccer in the English speaking
  Caribbean and baseball, soccer and boxing in the
  Spanish Caribbean which are the most popular
  among locals. The West Indies cricket team for
  years, until recently, dominated international
  cricket while Cuba, the Dominican Republic and
  Puerto Rico have produced some of todays leading
  baseball stars.

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Music

• The history of Caribbean music dates back to the
  days of the native Americans who inhabited the
  region before the arrival of Columbus. They made
  drums and other instruments from hollow logs and
  other material available to them.
• Today Caribbean music ranges from traditional
  folk genres to contemporary forms such as reggae,
  calypso, soca, chutney, salsa, merengue, compas
  and Zouk.
• The world famous musician, Bob Marley, came from
  the Caribbean island of Jamaica.

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Culture

• The culture is necessarily tropical, some say
  carnival, to the extent that there is rhythm,
  architecture and food that reflects the
  livityand impact of tropics on the region.
  There is often large aspiration and taste that
  characterise many of the regions inhabitants to
  possess the products and excess of importation -
  in part a legacy of the colonial acculturation.
  Essentially therefore the Caribbean space is a
  cradle for the eclectic synthesis of a a world
  view.

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History

• When Christopher Columbus landed in the Caribbean
  in 1492 there were three groups of Indians living
  on the Islands. These were the Arawaks(Taino)
  and the Ciboney on the northern larger islands of
  the greater Antilles, the Bahamas, and the
  Leeward Islands. On the Winward island-chain
  were the Caribs who also inhabited the Guianas -
  today Guyaana, Suriname and Cayenne. Estimates
  of the original Amerindian inhabitants of the
  West Indies vary between 300,000 and several
  million.

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The Map of the Caribbean
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How many countries are there in the Caribbean

• All together there are 27 countries there is
  Anguilla, Antigua, Barauda, Bahamas, Barbados,
  British Virgin Island, Cayman Island, Cuba,
  Dominica Republic, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Haiti,
  Jamaica and lots, lots more.

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Food and drink

• What type of food do they eat?
• Do they eat food that most of us wont?
• They eat foods that are manly hot and spicy.
• They eat such things like Dog or Cat or pigs nose
  or horses bits and etc.

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Transport

• There daily transport are Donkeys or scraped up
  buses and cars. They arent use to having
  anything that is new or looks good. But there are
  also rich places in this country.

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Population

• In 1996, the Caribbean population was
  approximately 36 million with 90 living on just
  five islands.Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti,
  Puerto Rico and Jamaica. Cuba, the most heavily
  populated island, has nearly 11 million people
  compared with Anguilla, Which has only 10,000
  inhabitants.

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Further information

• Films Films that Show the Caribbean as any more
  than a tourist attraction are rare.Most should be
  available on video or shown on television.