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Jamaica [a] is an island country in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies.At 10,990 square kilometres (4,240 sq mi), it is the third-largest island—after Cuba and Hispaniola—of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean. [8]
Female patois speaker saying two sentences A Jamaican Patois speaker discussing the usage of the language. Jamaican Patois (/ ˈ p æ t w ɑː /; locally rendered Patwah and called Jamaican Creole by linguists) is an English-based creole language with influences from West African, Arawak, Spanish and other languages, spoken primarily in Jamaica and among the Jamaican diaspora.
Pink Wall received generally positive critical reviews. As of October 2021, 74% of the 27 reviews compiled on Rotten Tomatoes are positive, with an average rating of 6.7/10.
The Caribbean Island of Jamaica was initially inhabited in approximately 600 AD or 650 AD by the Redware people, often associated with redware pottery. [1] [2] [3] By roughly 800 AD, a second wave of inhabitants occurred by the Arawak tribes, including the Tainos, prior to the arrival of Columbus in 1494. [1]
Public Monument, Negro Aroused, Kingston Waterfront Jamaican art dates back to Jamaica's indigenous Taino Indians who created zemis, carvings of their gods, for ritual spiritual purposes.
Le Mur Rose (1898) by Henri Matisse. Le Mur Rose (full title: Paysage, le mur rose; Landscape, the Pink Wall), is a painting by Henri Matisse from 1898.. It was bought in Paris at the sale of La Peau de l'Ours on 2 March 1914 by Jewish entrepreneur Harry Fuld, who founded Frankfurt, Germany based H. Fuld & Co. Telefon und Telegraphenwerke AG, which made telephones.
Jamaica; Other names: The Cross, Black, green and gold: Use: National flag, civil and state ensign [1]: Proportion: 1:2: Adopted: 6 August 1962; 62 years ago (): Design: A gold diagonal cross divides the field into four triangles of green (top and bottom) and black (hoist side and fly side)
The yellow-billed amazon (Amazona collaria), also called the yellow-billed parrot or Jamaican amazon, is a species of parrot in the family Psittacidae.It is a predominantly green parrot with a short tail and pink throat and neck.