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Barbados is an island country in the Caribbean region.
Its capital is Bridgetown.

Its culture is influenced by the ancient history of the country .

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1. 1500 the Portuguese called it Los Barbados

2. 1625 the English cultivated sugar cane

3. Natives Arawak died out so African slaves came to Barbados.

4. Slavery was abolished in 1834

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It consists of a triband of two bands of blue, that mean the color of the sea and a yellow middle band, which represents the sand. In the center of the flag there is the black trident of Poseidon and it's broken because it symbolises a symbolic break from the slavery.

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Barbados tradition are drawn from the West African and British cultures that shaped the island.

Food: Bajan meals emphasize common foods in West Africa such as rice, fried fish and chicken. In special occasions, for example on Saturday's lunch, Bajans cook "Pudding and souse". The pudding is essentially pigs belly stuffed with spicy mashed sweet potato and boiled pig's head served with a "pickle" of onions, hot and sweet peppers, cucumbers and lime.

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Sport: An essential part of Barbados' culture is sport. A strong tradition is cricketing dating back to 1800's, when the game was played by British soldiers and by the plantation owners. Road tennis was invented in Barbados in the 1930's.

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Music: tuk band is a collection of brightly attired musicians playing        drums and pennywhistles. Their music is a call to get up and dance. The songs of the tuk band are a blend of African music and British folk music.

Personality: Bajans are known for their politeness and civility, which is an English influence.

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British English is both the spoken and written official language of Barbados but in less formal situations Barbadians use their unique dialect, called Bajan.
Barbadians speak with an accent best described as a combination of the influences of both the African and British languages.
Bajans speak in their native dialect using words in a colourful, expressive, fast-paced manner.  To add to this, each individual speaks their own personalised version of the dialect and new words and expressions are constantly added and accepted as part of the common vocabulary of Barbados.

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1. It’s mainly a spoken language and has no standardisation of its written form

2. words and sentences are generally spelled as they are pronounced.

3. Bajan words are commonly shortened versions of their original form.

4. th = d =    that – dat;     this – dis;     the – de

5. thing = ting

6. what happened? = whahappen?    (a sentence often flow into one long word)

7. the sun is very hot today! = de sun is hot, hot, hot!   (in Bajan you can say the word 'very' with the repetition of a word)

8. her ; she/ him ;  he    (pass her the drink = pass de drink to she)