Jamaica is one of the most beautiful
places on the Earth and known around the
world for the various treasures we
possess. Though we have had our negatives
we have some very positive and even
famous things which we are known for.
Welcome to Jamaican things and today
we'll be counting down the list of ten
things Jamaica is known for. number ten
always summer. Jamaica is located in the
tropics so our weather conditions are
limited to Sun rain and storm you could
say that Jamaica experiences one season
though it gets very cool in December and
January there is no real autumn or
winter because there is no winter there
is no real spring though we do get some
amount of rainfall during the months of
April and May for the most part it is
mostly sunny here so you always enjoy
our beaches and the gorgeous sunshine.
number nine Marcus Mosiah Garvey most
Americans and British will remember
Marcus Garvey because he spent most of
his adult life in those two countries
trying to fight segregation in the
United States. Marcus first published a
journal called the UNIA he also started
a project which was geared towards
repatriating black people to Africa.
The project included the purchase of a
ship called the Black Star liner which
was supposed to have been the means of
transportation for those who wished to
return but before the ship could be paid
for the project went bankrupt and ten
million dollars vanished. He was charged
with fraud and subsequently deported to
Jamaica and ordered never to return to
the US he later went to Europe where he
spent the rest of his life. number eight
Jamaican rum Jamaican rum is known to be
one of these strongest around the world
the white overproof rum used in
cocktails is the only liqueur that
cannot be drunk without a chaser you
can't drink it in shots or you run the
risk of damaging your throat neither can
you drink it on the rocks the most
popular rum chaser is Coke or Pepsi the
red rum can be had in shots and on the
rocks it is smooth and goes down like
whiskey the most popular red rum is the
Appleton brand
number seven Blue Mountain Coffee rated
number nine in the world by espresso
coffee guide.com our coffee is one of
the best you can find anywhere grown in
the cool of the Blue Mountains and
harvested just at the right time
Jamaica's Blue Mountain coffee is a
dream come true
number six Patois Patois is the official
name for the Jamaican dialect soon to
become an official language the language
is so pleasing to the ear that many
people across the world want to learn or
have learned the basics Patois is
influenced by Spanish for the most part
it is really a mixture of African
languages which the slaves brought here
from the various African tribes the
Africans in an attempt to please their
master tried to speak Spanish and what
came out was a new language which was a
mix of Spanish and African when the
British took over the dialect changed
once more and new words were added to
make it what it is today.
number five sandy beaches and beautiful
waters one of the most famous beaches in
the world is Seven Mile Beach it is
seven miles of golden sand located in
Negril according to Trip Advisor it is
ranked number two for attractions in
Negril and rated 4.5 stars by over 1000
reviewers
number four jerk Jamaica is the home of
jerk and most famously jerk chicken it's
not the method of cooking that we are
known for but the combination of spices
which are jerk is known for we have an
annual jerk festival where you can get
anything and everything jerk the most
popular jerk foods are chicken fish and
pork however in recent times there is
jerk lobster beef goat lamb and rabbit
number three track-and-field
everyone knows Jamaica for our
star-studded lineup of athletes on the
track and everyone knows that the
fastest man in the world comes from
Jamaica what they probably don't realize
is that Usain is only one in a long line
of track stars from Jamaica there is
Herb McKenley Donald Quarry Ben Johnson
Merlene Ottey Grace Jackson Juliet
Cuthbert Asafa Powell and the list goes
on
currently Jamaica has the three fastest
man in the world and the fastest female
number two reggae music Reggae was born
in Jamaica in the 1960s what preceded it
were Ska, Rocksteady
Folk Mento and Kumina. The reggae sound
was created to parallel the faster dance
music from the us what the musicians did
was to combine several genres to create
one unique sound and it worked some of
the people who made reggae popular we're
Dennis Brown Bunny Wailer Peter Tosh
Jimmy Cliff Toots and the Maytals and
many others.
Number one Bob Marley
The number one thing Jamaica is known
for is the legendary Bob Marley not only
is he the one people associate with
reggae he is the only Jamaican icon who
has reached almost every corner of the
world with his music people who have
never spoken a word of English know who
Bob is if you go somewhere and ask
someone if they had ever heard of
Jamaica and they say no ask them if
they've heard of Bob I guarantee they'll
say yes for some the only Association
they will have with Jamaica is Bob
Marley.
