1) English is the official language of St. Lucia but Creole, based on French, is widely spoken. Creole words are pronounced differently than English. 2) Popular foods in St. Lucia include seafood like salt fish, tuna, and lobster while Americans prefer hamburgers, pizza, and steak. St. Lucians use spices like ginger and lime while Americans use garlic and cinnamon. 3) Tourism and banana exports are major parts of St. Lucia's economy while music genres like bele, waltz and polka are popular along with instruments like banjo and cuatro.

1. ~Cassie Doubek & Grace Memmo

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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