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The major indigenous form of music is the scratch band (also called ''Fungi band'' in the British Virgin Islands), which use improvised instruments like gourds and washboards to make a kind of music called ''Quelbe''. A Virgin Island folk song called 'cariso is also popular, as well as St. Thomas' bamboula.
Fungi is the name given to the local musical form of the British Virgin Islands.It is also the native music of the U.S. Virgin Islands, where it is known as quelbe.Fungi music is an expression of Virgin Islands culture as it shows the islands' African and European influences in a unique sound.
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"Oh, Beautiful Virgin Islands" is the official territorial song of the British Virgin Islands (often called the BVI). The song was composed by brother and sister team Kareem Nelson Hull and Ayana Hull, both Virgin Islanders. It was adopted as the territorial song by resolution of the House of Assembly of the Virgin Islands on 24 July 2012.
The official currency of the British Virgin Islands has been the United States dollar (US$) since 1959, the currency also used by the United States Virgin Islands. [3] The British Virgin Islands enjoys one of the more prosperous economies of the Caribbean region, with a per capita average income of around $47,000 (2022 est.) [47]
Keidran Jones, known by his stage name Iyaz, was born in 1987 into a musical family. He was born and raised on Tortola in the British Virgin Islands. [6] Iyaz studied digital recording at New England Institute of Technology. [7] He was featured on the track "Island Girls" by Out Da Box Family, which achieved radio success in the Caribbean. [6]