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Caribbean Christmas Traditions And Celebrations
A Caribbean Christmas is very different from what many of us in the United States experience weather wise. Cold temperatures and precipitation, whether it be snow, ice, or rain, is often common for us during the Christmas season.
The weather we have during the Christmas season is not common in the Caribbean any time. The rainy season there is normally between March and May and the hottest time is during the summer so the Christmas season, with somewhat cooler temperatures, is during the most time of the year weather wise. "Cooler" doesn't mean cold because the temperature in the Caribbean is above 75 degrees year round.
Many of the seasonal activities, such as gift-giving, parties, family visits, that are enjoyed around the world are also Christmas traditions in the Caribbean. Even though families often live near each other, the gatherings at Christmas are very special and usually involve laborious preparations that are not performed any other time during the year. In many homes this preparation includes a complete cleaning of the house. For this all the furniture is removed and often rearranged. Another part of the preparation frequently includes putting up new and fancy window treatments. Only the best household goods, tablecloths, bed clothes, dinnerware, etc are used when entertaining during the holidays.
It is not unusual in the Caribbean to have people drop in for short visits during the season. During these visits, guests are entertained with foods and drinks, many of which are made only at Christmas time. These include fermented drinks such as sorrel and mauby, as well as rum punch.
The traditional Caribbean Christmas dinner menu includes baked poultry, roast beef, ham, boiled and steamed root vegetables, rice with peas, seasoned rice or rice pilaf. Dessert is often a special type of cake, called Black cake or fruitcake.
Caroling has also been a tradition, although its practiced has been declining in recent years. Small groups from churches or schools will walk through neighborhoods singing Christmas carols or, will drive from house to house to sing carols in neighborhoods primarily in rural areas where houses are not always found in close proximity.
Two Christmas traditions that are unique to the Caribbean are the practice of Jonkonoo and having a grand market. Jonkonoo consists of a group of masked revelers who take part in a parade dancing to the beats of drums, shaking tambourines and improvised instruments. The group also includes stilt walkers who appear as tall as some trees and single- story buildings. Jonkonoos perform various antics to amuse onlookers and to give candies and treats to children, especially younger children who may seem scared of any of the Jonkonoo participants.
Grand market is the big outdoor market that takes place the week before Christmas up to Christmas Eve. Outdoor markets, found in the central points of regional towns, are common in the Caribbean as a place to get fresh fruits, vegetables and produce that are grown by local farmers. But at Christmas time, they also become filled with assorted items that can be given as gifts and they bustle with activity even after nightfall. It is a special treat for children to accompany parents to grand market during the Christmas season. Since Christmas falls during the high winter tourist season in the Caribbean, Christmas is also an opportunity for many school children to perform for tourists. Many hotels take advantage of the fact that most schools and churches will have singing and dramatic groups that perform the Christmas story and sing carols and Christmas songs. These groups are often invited to provide local entertainment at hotels and guesthouses during Christmas.
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I love Christmas and everything about it. I love decorating the tree and house, buying those special presents for loved ones and friends and stitching throughout the year on needlework projects that celebrate Christmas. Visit site. [http://christmas-is-coming.info/]Christmas is coming.
Are black people naturally born with rhythm?
I've noticed in black churches the kids can stomp and play the tambourine on beat. The church I grew up in we all stood in one spot and sang boring hymns the same boring way every sunday. Why why are we so boring in everything that we do. All the black clubs they dance ten times better, and they come out with all the hot moves white people try to steal and make their own. I wish my girl could jiggle her @ss like that on the dance floor. Why do we have to take dance lessons just so we can have swag like black people. Is it because we've just always been bland?
aww u made me smile! u know dancing comes from within so as michael jackson says "its a feeling within that cannot be taught." I have to tell u that u must be proud of who you are ok, every cutlure has something that they are gifted with. thats really awesome that you like the way we dance, but hey dont put down your own culture ok! I think you guys are awesome too in your own way!! =)
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Jazz Music - History and Facts Revealed
The 20th century music world has seen the entry of light and easy listening music with African-American jazz music. Originating in southern USA, jazz music is a combination of African and European music traditions. It puts together the use of blue notes, improvisation, syncopation and swing notes.
Jazz music was first used in reference to music from Chicago early in the 20th century. It has evolved in several other subgenres such as New Orleans Dixieland, big band-style swing, bebop, Afro-Cuban jazz, Brazilian jazz, jazz-rock fusion, and the more recent acid jazz.
The realm of jazz music was and still is predominantly associated with the American black community. These black musicians transitioning from banjos and tambourines learned to play European instruments such as the violin. Black slaves from early America used to sing and play music as a form of spiritual or ritualistic hymns.
After emancipation, employment opportunities for black slaves were very limited as segregation laws were still in force. Most of these black slaves found themselves in the entertainment industry as piano players and instrumentalists. They became low-cost entertainers as minstrels, vaudeville players, piano bar players, and marching band members. Soon, this kind of jazz music called Ragtime Jazz spread from the southern USA to other areas in the western and northern cities in USA.
Ragtime jazz became very popular in the early part of the century. Musician Jelly Roll Morton published the first ever jazz arrangement in print in 1915 with the title Jelly Roll Blues. This printed arrangement brought forth a new breed of musicians playing ragtime. Ragtime music moved on from red-light district bars and vaudeville shows to major concert locations such as the Carnegie Hall.
The first jazz record was recorded in 1913 by Society Orchestra, the first black group to come out with a record. Another group that came up with their very own jazz music recording is the "Original Dixieland Jazz Band". Other bands followed suit, releasing jazz music recordings starting in 1917. In 1922, the most famous blues singer of the decade, Bessie Smith, also released her first recording. Also in the 1920s, Jelly Roll Morton played with the New Orleans Rhythm Kings and made history as the first mixed-race recording collaboration. Big bands like those of Fletcher Henderson, Duke Ellington and Earl Hines played the more prominent venues and paved the way for the development of big-band-style swing jazz.
Louis Armstrong, a trumpeter, band leader and singer, came to be known as the Ambassador of Jazz, what with his early innovations in jazz music. Swing music is considered to be popular dance music and is played from printed musical arrangements. Then came the bebop which focuses more on small groups and simple arrangements.
Throughout the years jazz music has always been preferred music genre among those who enjoy light and easy listening. There are radio stations that play only jazz music. Jazz music can be heard most everywhere hotel lounges, salons, concert halls, wedding receptions, Jazz music is perhaps also the most unique form of music as there are no two jazz music performances are ever the same.
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