Jamaica by melissa o'neill

By: Alyssa Murray, Stephanie Helgeson, and Kiley Peterson

JAMAICA What have you wondered about Jamaica is it sports (boys) or is it clothes (girls) and for all of us which we love is it food. There are a lot of Jamaican sports. Jamaican clothes are stylish and very colorful. Jamaican dances were way different than what we would have here at the middle school. What if you lived in Jamaica and did all that fun stuff.

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Sports There are a lot of sports in Jamaica but the main sport is cricket a lot of Jamaicans play it. Jamaica play sports for fun, relaxation, keeping in shape, and to get together with family. Some of the sports names are golf, dominos, cricket, football itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just like soccer, netball, bobsled, water sports, table tennis, and basketball but all these sports are instructed differently than from what we are instructed.

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Clothing Jamaican clothes were very stylish and colorful. They were so colorful and funs that women usually wore skirts and scarf’s that were so colorful. For swim wear the kids wore a t-shirt and shorts. The clothing of Jamaicans let people know the attitudes and life style of them. As you can see Jamaica’s clothes are way different than from what we would wear every day.

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Dancing What have you wondered about the dancing in Jamaica and some of the things are that many earlier dance forms have lost their social or religious purpose and are mostly revived in performances. The University Of Dance Theatre Company was formed in 1962 by Rex Nettle ford and Eddy Thompson. Jamaicans love to dance and some Jamaicans while they dance they sing in their heads. Maybe one day when you go to Jamaica you can do their dances and see all the different kinds of dances that they have and maybe learn one someday.

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Is there anything you ever wondered about Jamaica there are a lot of sports maybe the boys would like and maybe sometimes the girls like the sports of Jamaica and now it comes down to Jamaica and its fashion the girls would probably like it and the Jamaican fashion is a different kind of fashion than what we have. And we all love to dance even the boys but also in a different way.

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Have you ever wondered what kind of holidays, festivals and climate Jamaica has? Jamaica has exiting holidays and festivals so people have so much fun in Jamaica. Jamaicaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wonderful climate bring tourist to the wonderful beaches. Have you ever wondered anything about Jamaica?

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Festivals and holidays Jamaica’s exiting festivals and holidays for Jamaicans and tourists! Jamaica’s Christmas has a celebration called the Junkanoo where custom men dress in scary costumes and start dancing in the street. Then on December 26 they have a boxing day, because boxing is an important sport. Carnivals last for more than a week and they have street dances and they have colorful parades. This event they wear costumes too. Would you want to have Jamaica’s festivals and carnivals?

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Climate Jamaicaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hot climate makes everyone want to come to Jamaica. Jamaica experiences two rainy seasons to May to October or it will even go till December. It rains so much that they get 82 inches of rain. Between the equator and the tropic of Cancer, Jamaica has a sub tropic climate. The capitol city of Jamaica (Kingston) has a usual temp of 90 degrees. Would you want to have vacation in Jamaica for their hot weather?

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Hurricanes Other facts about Jamaica are their hurricanes. June 1 to November 30th is known as the hurricane season. Hurricane Gilbert was the last major hurricane! They get so many hurricanes because they are in the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hurricane Belt.â&#x20AC;? Would you ever want as many hurricanes as Jamaica?

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Fun Facts about Jamaica Have you ever wondered anything about Jamaica? Well I will probably answer all of your answers here. Jamaica was the first commercial producers of bananas in the Western hemisphere.

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Jamaica has the 2nd largest butterfly in the world! Jamaica is the 3rd largest island in the Caribbean! I hope you learned everything you wanted to learn about Jamaica! I hope you learned everything you wanted to learn about Jamaican. I hope if you ever go to Jamaica you can experience their culture and climate

Have you ever wondered what foods, music, and money are like in Jamaica? Jamaica has delicious foods, and drinks. Jamaican music has rhythms that will make everyone dance! Jamaican money has banknotes, and coins. In this book you will learn about food, music, and money.

Food Jamaica has delicious foods, and good drinks. One food called a Jamaican Pattie includes ground beef, chicken, veggies, shrimp, lobster, fish, soy, acrkee, and cheese. They also have fruits like Otanette apple, or canned Malay apple, Avocado pear, bread fruit, hog plum, and guavas. One drink they have is Blue Mountain coffee. Jamaican grapefruit drink is non-alcoholic, and it is sweet and tart.

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Music Jamaican music has rhythms that will make everyone dance! In Jamaica music includes many genres like Mento, Ska, Rock steady, Reggae, Dub, and Dance hall. In 1907, 108 Jamaican Folk songs were published Jamaicans listen to Bob Marley. Some foot notes are Reggae, and Caribbean music.

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Money Jamaican money has coins and banknotes. In 1994 a round nickel, 5$ coin was made. In Jamaica they have a Bob Marley commemorate coin. Jamaican pennies were minted in 1869. In 1834 silver coins three pence and three Haâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; pennies were introduced.

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Jamaica has many coins, music, and wonderful foods. Foods in Jamaica are delicious. The music in Jamaica has rhythm and beat! The money in Jamaica has lots of coins. Hope you learned a lot about Jamaica.

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Thanks for reading the book I hope you have learned new things about Jamaica.