The document discusses several aspects of Barbados, including: - The main languages spoken are English and Bajan, and Bajans do not use past tense when speaking. - Popular foods include macaroni pie, Bajan coconut bread, and flying fish. - Music such as calypso, spouge, and contemporary folk are popular, and Rihanna is Barbados' most famous singer. - The country exports sugar, molasses, and manufactured goods and imports food, construction materials, and fuel.

2.  They mostly speak English
 Have their own language too, Bajan
 When they speak they don’t use past
tense.
 If they wanted to say to say I told him so,
they say I tell he so.

3.  They eat a lot of tropical food
 Macaroni Pie similar to Macaroni
 Bajan Coconut bread similar to banana
bread but with coconut.
 Flying Fish- like fried fish just a different
kind of fish.

4.  It is a mix of African and British elements, they
show this by dancing, the different type of
music, instrumentation, and aesthetic principles
 In modern Barbados some popular styles of
music is
 Calypso
 Spouge
 Contemporary folk
 World music
 Jazz

 Rihanna is the most famous in superstar / singer
 In the 1930’s Calypso was the first popular music
style

5. • They export sugar, molasses, manufactured
goods, electrical components, and
chemicals
• They import foods, materials for
construction, consumer goods, machinery,
electrical components, fuel, and chemicals
• Their resources are petroleum, fish, natural
gas
• They get a lot of tourists in Barbados
because it is very tropical and many
people go there on vacation.

6.  Current standard living:
 Literacy rate: for adults it is 100%, it doesn’t
tell me children
 Life expectancy:
› Male- 72
› Female- 77
 Poverty: Many things can be very high
priced but Barbados is the most successful
country in the Caribbean. They are the not
one of the poorest countries.

7.  Health care issues:
› It can be expensive
› If you have and get stomach problems it would
be better not to drink the water from the pipes
and bring bottled water.
› When you have to go to a hospital they expect
you to pay right there and then.
› For emergencies you call 511
› For emergencies it is better to take a taxi then
an ambulance because they would be much
slower

8.  Unemployment:
› Barbados is one of the highest standard living
space in the Caribbean
› Women have a very comparable share of the
nations income
› For 2010 the unemployment rate was 10.7,
otherwise I couldn’t find any current rates.
 Health: the government has a National Health Service
which includes the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, and a
network of polyclinics. That provides free medical and
dental care. They have clean tap water which is safe
to drink, and use in home which everyone has.

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