2. Languages
English is the official, but a secondary language is
Creole which is based on French
“R” is usually pronounced as a “W”
Creole English
Bozu Good Morning
Su plé Please
Mési Thank you
Wi Yes
No No
Koté mwe? Where am I?
3. Foods St. Lucia America
•Most popular food: Salt •Most popular food:
fish & green fig Hamburgers
•Other popular foods: Tuna, •Other popular foods: Pizza,
cod, and lobster steak, and ice cream
•Eat a lot of seafood •A variety of different foods
•Popular spices: Ginger, chili •Popular spices: Garlic,
powder and lime seasoning cinnamon and paprika
4. Music
Popular music dances/genres are bele, waltz, and the
polka.
Well known instruments are the banjo and the cuatro
(a small guitar with 4 strings)
The United States’ most popular genres are folk, hip
hop, classical, jazz, pop, and rock.
Click the icon below to get a sample of music in St.
Lucia:
5. Economic Aspects
Tourism: Carnivals, tropical island tours, diving etc.
Main exports/imports are bananas, soft drinks,
clothing, cocoa, and coconut products
It influences the culture here because we do some
carnivals and we use their products
6. Current Standardold Living
Life expectancy: 77 years
of
Literacy rate: 90.1 %
Unemployment rate for St. Lucia: 20% versus
9.6% for the USA
A current health issue is the mortality rate for
people over the age of 65 decreased 65% within 2
years and malaria is becoming a potentially deadly
disease from mosquitoes.
Because of tourism and banana plant exports
money made Saint Lucian citizens have a low
poverty rate
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bebop, one of the early innovators of, and Charlie Parker. "Music of the United States -
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