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CLARENCE FITZROY BRYANT COLLEGE, MONA CAMPUS (GROUP 6)

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CLARENCE FITZROY BRYANT COLLEGE, MONA CAMPUS (GROUP 6)

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SHAQUILLA WALTERS GROUP LEADER (620090571).
TYWANA CRANSTON (620103694 )
MALINDA LIBURD (620103922 )
CYNDEE ANSLYN (620094463 )

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SAINT KITTS NETBALL TEAM

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SELF EVALUATION OF LEARNING EXPERIENCE (TYWANA CRANSTON)

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SELF EVALUATION OF LEARNING EXPERIENCE (TYWANA CRANSTON)

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The Caribbean civilization course has been a very interesting subject throughout the semester. It has extended my knowledge on the history of the Caribbean and the way we have developed over the years.
The course contained 10 units but three units that's were most interesting to me, namely; unit three, unit four, unit 7 and unit 3 which mainly speaks of production of sugar in the Caribbean and as we know St. Kitts was one of the main territories production of tobacco. Unit four discussed the type of system the countries experienced during the slavery system. This unit viewed the conditions the slaves lived in, the sexuality and resistance that existed on the plantation. Unit 7 sheds light on the link between religion and education in the Caribbean society. The course overall was very informative and helpful.

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SELF EVALUATION OF LEARNING EXPERIENCE (MALINDA LIBURD)

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SELF EVALUATION OF LEARNING EXPERIENCE (MALINDA LIBURD)

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The Caribbean Civilization Course FOUN 1101 has added to my knowledge of the Caribbean. It

has truly helped me to view the Caribbean as one big diasporic civilization. The course proved to

be quite informative and a little challenging. During this course work was a constant as there was

always so much to do.  From the blackboard lectures to the online discussions provided on the

Online Virtual Learning Environment I felt as though I was actually present for all the lectures

on campus at UWI. The course proved to be very interesting and clarified various aspects I had

discrepancies with previously relating to the Caribbean and its history. The units focused on were

greatly enjoyed especially unit 1- The concept of civilization, unit 2- Defining a Caribbean

civilization, unit 4- Beyond the rivers of Babylon, unit 5- The Caribbean in motion and unit 6-

Caribbean Identity. These units helped in my further understanding of the Caribbean drastically. I

was very appreciative of this course as it has been an aid in my further understanding of the

Caribbean and also myself as a Caribbean native.

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SELF EVALUATION OF LEARNING EXPERIENCE (CYNDEE ANSLYN)

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SELF EVALUATION OF LEARNING EXPERIENCE (CYNDEE ANSLYN)

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My experience with the Caribbean Civilization Course FOUN1101 has been a unique and unforgettable experience. At the beginning of the course I found units 1-3 challenging as I had to learn the settlers within the Caribbean, interpreting the neo-Indian lifestyle and the voyage Christopher Columbus .
I engaged myself in the different presentation forums that were provided for us in the virtual online website where I found myself very intrigued and curious from units 4-8 as I learned on the different theories on identity and how we as Caribbean people identify ourselves.
Unit 7 was my most passionate unit as I learned the history f how important and sacred the Caribbean family plays in developing our social and cognitive skills . Also, I was baffled in learning how subjective our education system was in colonial days.
Overall, I am grateful for the assignments I received during this course as It has helped me with my critical thinking and analytical skills.

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Caribbean Civilization group portfolio questions and answers

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Caribbean Civilization group portfolio questions and answers

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Many persons feel strongly that the folk sports need to be made an integral part of carnival if they are to survive. Another point made is that we must not try to import wholesale the Trinidad-style carnival, but retain some indigenous aspects. Greater encouragement of creativity, talks in schools and via the media to show the value of carnival, and to change the spectator mentality of nationals were mentioned as some of the elements that need to be in place for us to move forward. The need for major improvements in the seating and restroom facilities at the main village, with the erection of a cover for the main stage was another concern mentioned. With respect to music, it was thought that the carnival committee should acquire basic high-quality instruments such as a keyboard guitars, and drums, and a good public address system for the smooth transition of band changes at the shows. Whatever the suggestions offered, it should be noted that although a lot has been achieved, there is still much scope for improvements.

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Another main feature of carnival is the music. String band and big drum music usually accompanied the folk performances. The instruments which were played to create the lilting, rhythmic music were guitars, quartos, the fife, triangle, ‘baha’ which is a long piece of metal pipe that is blown, and the ‘shack-shack’, a tin can containing beads. In the case of big drum music, a huge drum along with a kettle drum beating out pulsating rhythms and a fife were played.
During the late I940s, the iron band was introduced and was mainly made up of car rims and drums, creatively played to create music for street jamming. It was during this period as well that a number of community bands, consisting of trumpets, saxophones, drums, and double-bass guitars, thrived. Bands such as Esperanza, Music Makers, Rhythm Kings, Brown Queen and the Silver Rhythm Orchestra were some of the established ones which featured at dances and concerts.

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Masquerade, Bull, Mummies, Niega Business, Actors and Sagwa to name a few, date back to slavery, and represent a synergism or “potpourri” of African, European, and Amerindian elements. Through these performances, the players were able to preserve some of their African customs through the use of the mask and the drum, mimic the language, dance and dress of the plantocracy, and create Indigenous acts.
Today, the Masquerade, Bull, Mocko Jumble. Mummies, Actors, and clowns are the primary sports played, with the masquerade and bull ranking highest in popularity. Other sports such as Niega Business, Sagwa, Soldiers, Cowboys and Indians.

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Outstanding individuals within the community will also have certain landmark buildings or roads named after them. Two such individuals are Ms Cicely Grell-Hull and Mrs. Dora Stevens, two Netball pioneers on Nevis who were at the helm of the Netball Association that successfully introduced the mainly ladies’ sport to the island of Nevis.  The present Netball complex will now be dubbed “The “Cicely Grell Hull - Dora Stevens Netball complex’.

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—DOUGLASRAYBECK

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During European arrival, there were three major Amerindian indigenous peoples that lived on the Caribbean islands. The taino in the greater Antilles, the Bahamas and the leewards islands and Galibi in the windward islands; the ciboney in western Cuba. The tainos were subdivided into classic tainos, who occupied Hispaniola and Puerto Rico, western tainos who occupied Cuba Jamaica and the Bahamian archipelago and the eastern taino who occupied the leeward islands, Trinidad however, was inhabited by both Carib speaking and Arawak speaking groups.

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David Rudder - Rally Round The West Indies

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someting for meh T&Trini people some viewers requested de song (on trini tuh de bone vid) so i just had to dig into de net to get dis classic... hailing out tuh all my TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO people

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A straw hat trimmed with madras offered protection from the hot day’s sun. The short sleeved, v-neck jack shirt trimmed with madras is made from off-white cotton. The design is similar to traditional shirts worn by Africans. The beige cotton, ankle length pant is a reflection of the local fabrics that were commonly used during the colonial period.

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It is customary for African women to wrap their heads for protection. The main dress is off-white cotton , with a corset top and an ankle length, wide flare petticoat bottom . The beige cotton sleeves are short and puffed using the drawstring. A short lap skirt made from crocus is worn over the main dress to protect it from dirt “The Cane Soda Wrap “, which was used to carry soda while fertilizing sugar cane, is draped around the waist . The crocus drawstring bag was a safe way for women to secure their money.

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The National Wear was designed by Dwayne Weekes, Grace Woodley, Vaughan Woodley and Joyette Woodley. It is a combination of African and European influences which have shaped the history of St. Kitts and Nevis is evident in both the male and female outfits.

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KIM COLLINS SAINT KITTS TRACK AND FEILD STAR

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KIM COLLINS SAINT KITTS TRACK AND FEILD STAR

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Nevis-born slow left-armer Elquemedo Willett was the first man from the Leeward Islands to play for West Indies when he made his debut as a 19-year-old against Australia in 1972-73. He took two wickets, and five in the next two Tests - including his best of 3 for 33 at Port-of-Spain. In was enough to ensure he toured England in 1973, where he took 30 wickets but was unable to break into the Test side. He then toured India and Pakistan in 1974-75, taking two wickets in each of his Tests. But in an era when selectorial consistency was not to the fore, another chance never came, and with the advent of West Indies all-pace attack, he faded into the shadows, although he carried on playing for another 14 seasons. While his impact on the field was limited, his inclusion in the West Indies side had a massive impact on cricket in the Caribbean's smaller islands, where players had hitherto felt ignored.

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Like Trinidadians who claim calypso for their own, Nevisians refer to their home as “the land of the string band”. Without igniting an ethnomusicological controversy, suffice it to say that like calypso, which evolved from a complex of influences and is now a regional genre, the string band exists in many forms throughout the Caribbean, from the Spanish-influenced parang groups of Trinidad and the eastern Caribbean to the funji and scratch bands of the Virgin Islands and the trova ensembles of rural Cuba. But the fife-led string bands of Nevis are a sweetness unto themselves.

From the late nineteenth century through to the early decades of the twentieth, string-led ensembles provided the musical accompaniment for most social functions of the Caribbean middle classes. The use of European instruments, rather than the rhythm-based African drum and percussion, was a sign of social aspirations in territories where the elites took their cue from Europe. But the African influence, with its ancestral rhythms, was irrepressible in popular music, so that by the 1920s, Afro-Cuban son, forerunner of salsa, was making the transition from low to high culture and the hybrid nature of creolised music became acceptable.

The other music form indigenous to Nevis, the Big Drum, which has its origins in the seventeenth century, exhibits a similar pattern of adaptation, with the fife, bass, and snare drums adopted from European military bands, but played to distinctively African beats. Before the larger jazz or dance band became the norm in popular music worldwide, it was the string band which played the hits of the day, or accompanied the latest dances in the Caribbean; and, fortunately, in Nevis this musical institution has survived successive waves of jazz, rock, reggae, and everything in between.

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CARIFTA games is an annual atheletics competition founded by the Caribbean Free Trade Assocition (CARIFTA). The games was first held in 1972 which consists of track and feild events such as sprinting races, hurdles, middle distance track events and also long jumps and throwing shot puts. The games also has two stages ranging from under 17 and under 20. Only countries associated with CARIFTA may compete in the competition.

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First cricketer elquemedo willett in the leewards island to make the west indian cricket team from Nevis

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COTTLE CHURCH NEVIS

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SETTLEMENT OF THE EUROPEANS AND AFRICAN SLAVERY.

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SETTLEMENT OF THE EUROPEANS AND AFRICAN SLAVERY.

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Europeans probably first saw Nevis on Christopher Columbus’s 1493 voyage.  It is said that this voyage went past the cloud topped volcanic island and was named by Columbus, Las Senora de las Nieves (Our Lady of the Snows). It was Columbus, in fact, who named the West Indies.  The Spanish didn’t colonize it.  That fell to the British who came much later in 1623.

Nevis came to be known as is the Queen of the Caribees.  And there is a good reason.  In the 17th and into the 18th century little Nevis was the richest sugar economy in the British West Indies.  It was a highly sought after prize and frequent battles over ownership with the French created havoc for plantation owners and workers and ultimately contributed to its ruin. That, along with beet sugar production in Europe and British legislation that made slavery illegal, spelled the end of Nevis’s wealth.

Life was hard for the landowners and harder still for indentured workers and slaves.  But there was some education and training for both. White indentured servants became the first clerks and storekeepers.  Slaves were taught crafts and construction. When emancipation came in 1833 black workers were referred to by their trades - as carpenters, coopers, saddlers depending on the craft they had learned on the plantation.  Needless to say, with emancipation came their move away from the plantations to start their own farms and businesses.  Most took as their last names the family name of the plantation owners.  These names are still common in Nevis today such as the huggins family which dated back to the plantation owner John huggins on Nevis.

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Evidence of the early history of Nevis can still sometimes be found on the windward side of the island at Indian Castle beach.  Shards of pottery dating back to the Arawak people of about 2000 BC can emerge after storms.  The original people, the peaceable Arawaks were wiped out by the Caribs who migrated through South America to establish themselves in the islands.

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DID YOU KNOW THERE IS A DIFFERENCE IN SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS CULTURE

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DID YOU KNOW THERE IS A DIFFERENCE IN SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS CULTURE

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Many persons are unaware of the fact that saint Kitts and Nevis is different in many different cultural ways.
One of the similarity is that both countries speak English but both have a different dialectical language of nevisian and kittitian.
Saint Kitts celebrate carnival during Christmas time whilst Nevis celebrate culturama during the summer to showcase there style of culture and preference.

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Video of the lively string band music in nevis!

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Video of the lively string band music in nevis!

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st georges parish gingerland rawlin's village

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troops in Nevis, highlighting the different Caribbean islands in the Caribbean as apart of there 40th culturama celebration

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The food choices of saint Kitts and Nevis are largely influenced by slavery of the Africans on the island, during slavery on the plantations slaves  would take the intestines of the pigs while mixing the rice with seasonings and blood  and making black pudding which is a popular food on the islands today.

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Contributions to the food supply as well were significant – subsistence farming, commercial agricultural trade, Sunday market all have significant African backgrounds. The role of women in the Caribbean as market sellers is also a West African trait. Women selling certain kinds of crops is also West African because there would generally be a gender-based division of labor, i.e., men specialized in certain kinds of crops – yams etc, and women grew and sold green leafy vegetables, creepers like pumpkin, and so on. Inter island trade in ground provisions/ veggies is still significant today.

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This once was the national dish of Saint Kitts and Nevis and is know the national dish of monsterratt. Swimming in its brown depths you’ll find lumps of practically any part of a goat. The soup contains cloves, thyme, other assorted herbs and spices, small dumplings, yams, breadfruit and potatoes. A belly full of provisions and mutton with thirst quenching seasoned water to follow. This popular Saturday dish is best served hot, straight from the pot.

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CURRENT NATIONAL DISH OF SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS

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CURRENT NATIONAL DISH OF SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS

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GOAT WATER WHICH ONCE WAS THE NATIONAL DISH OF SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS.

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GOAT WATER WHICH ONCE WAS THE NATIONAL DISH OF SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS.

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SELF EVALUATION OF LEARNING EXPERIENCE (SHAQUILLA WALTERS)

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SELF EVALUATION OF LEARNING EXPERIENCE (SHAQUILLA WALTERS)

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The course FOUN1101,  Caribbean Civilization  was a well structured course. The course therefore, helped to strengthen my knowledge on the Caribbean diaspora and who we are as a people!
As the semester progressed the work seemed a bit unbearable, but with the seemly interesting topics the course work was always interesting. The OURVLE (online virtual learning environment), enabled me to communicate in the Caribbean civilization lounge with person's  from various UWI mona campuses and to learn about the different countries and interactive skills of various individuals.
As a current Bachelor's of nursing student i was most excited about learning about the different cultural practices of people and how different situations are dealt with in different societies.
The tutorial questions were moreover, very revealing about the Caribbean past and previous history. Units such as defining a Caribbean civilization, the diversified Caribbean in the 16th and 17th century, Caribbean identity and Caribbean cultural experiences were four interesting units which my group members and I have highlighted in this portfolio as a eye opener. All topics broadened my knowledge on Who i am as a Caribbean individual and the past and previous history of our continuing Caribbean history!

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1. To learn about the Cultures of Saint Kitts and Nevis.

Colonization

Language

Food

Sports

Music

·Festivals

National wear

2. History of both island

Capitals

Independence

Places of interest

Geography of each island.

3. Caribbean Globalization effects on both island.

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This portfolio presentation reflects, a strong and historical background of the Caribbean region and cultural influences all together.
Varying from the First Caribbean Civilization,  the diversified Caribbean in the 16th and 17th century, Caribbean identity and Caribbean Cultural experiences!
Each topic will reflect bravely on a fixated objective both from the geographical and social environment.