This document provides information about the Bahamas, including its culture, cuisine, music, and economy. It notes that English and Creole are the main languages spoken, and the population is mainly of African descent. Traditional Bahamian foods include seafood and poultry. The economy relies heavily on tourism, which employs half the workforce. Music genres include pop, goombay, soca, and steel drums. Dining etiquette involves arriving on time and dressing nicely for meals.

1. By: Hannah Finley and Bella Mouradian

2. Languages
• English is the official language and is widely
spoken.
• Creole is used among Haitian immigrants.
Race mainly consists of:
• 85% African American
• 12% Caucasian
• 3% Asian and Hispanic

3. Foods
Foods in the USA influenced or
Food Special to the Bahamas brought by the Bahamas
• Mainly sea foods and • We have a lot of their main
poultry. foods here such as
– Fish – Fish
– Meat – Meat
– Chicken – Chicken
– Cow – Cow
– Squid – Other different sea foods like
– Shark squid, shark, tuna, etc.

4. Dining Etiquette
If you are invited to a
Bahamian’s house:
• Arrive on time if invited
to dinner; no more than
15 minutes late if invited
to a barbecue or a large
party.
• Dress well, in clothes you
would wear to the office.
Dressing too informally
may be misconstrued as a
lack of respect towards
your hosts.

5. Watch your Table Manners!
• Do not sit down until you are invited to
Thank- Excuse and told where to sit.
you! Me! • Do not begin eating until the hostess
starts.
Please • Table manners are Continental -- the
fork is held in the left hand and the knife
in the right while eating.
• Meals are often served buffet style or
family-style.
• Keep your elbows off the table and your
hands above the table when eating.
• It is considered polite to finish
everything on your plate so you do not
appear wasteful. If you cannot, you may
leave a small bit of food on your plate.

6. Music: Genres
• Pop music from the United States is listened
to most frequently.
• Traditional Bahamian music:
– Goombay/rake n’ scrape
– Soca
– Meringue

7. Music:
Instruments
• Goatskin drums
• Saws
• Maracas
• Caribbean calypso
• steel drum

8. Economic Aspect
• Tourism is the engine of the Bahamian
economy.
– The sector employs half of the workforce
– They produce three-fourths of foreign exchange
earnings
– Main tourist infrastructure is located in Nassau,
but tourism is also in the Family Islands

9. Current Standard of Living
• The Bahamas has two major
public hospitals
• Government health clinics are
located in many communities all
throughout the nation
• Healthcare professionals
provide home care for specific
family and individual needs Princess Margaret Hospital
• Lack of medicine and modern
equipment are the most
significant deficiencies in the
public sector.
• The Bahamas has one of the
region's highest rates of AIDS
per capita.

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