https://padlet.com/morgankerndt2023/56mrxdgx5vuf Core 1 Morgan Kerndt en-us 2017-09-27 13:13:07 UTC 2023-03-19 10:44:25 UTC hello@padlet.com morgankerndt2023 https://padlet.com/morgankerndt2023/56mrxdgx5vuf/wish/191645501  Freundel Stuart serves as acting Prime Minister of Barbados since May 2010 when Prime Minister David Thompson became ill with pancreatic cancer. Stuart was born in Saint Philip, Barbados. Stuart went to Christ Church Foundation School, Stuart is a graduate of the University of the West Indies and holds degrees in Political Science and Law.]]> 2017-09-27 13:17:25 UTC https://padlet.com/morgankerndt2023/56mrxdgx5vuf/wish/191645501 morgankerndt2023 https://padlet.com/morgankerndt2023/56mrxdgx5vuf/wish/191648200 A Governor General represents Barbados as head of state. As well, there is also a Prime Minister who actually governs the country. Parliament consists of a Senate and House of assembly. The people of Barbados elects the 30 members of the House of Assembly. Members of Parliament serve a maximum of 5 years.

]]> 2017-09-27 13:21:38 UTC https://padlet.com/morgankerndt2023/56mrxdgx5vuf/wish/191648200 morgankerndt2023 https://padlet.com/morgankerndt2023/56mrxdgx5vuf/wish/191648808 The average household income in Barbados varies between BDS$200 and BDS$499 per week]]> 2017-09-27 13:22:35 UTC https://padlet.com/morgankerndt2023/56mrxdgx5vuf/wish/191648808 morgankerndt2023 https://padlet.com/morgankerndt2023/56mrxdgx5vuf/wish/191650218 Barbados uses Barbadian Currency. Compared to the U.S they have to pay a little more for things. 1 Barbadian dollar equals .50 cents U.S

]]> 2017-09-27 13:24:45 UTC https://padlet.com/morgankerndt2023/56mrxdgx5vuf/wish/191650218 morgankerndt2023 https://padlet.com/morgankerndt2023/56mrxdgx5vuf/wish/191652517 The Arawak had found the land in the first century, soon after the Carib came, later in the seventeenth century the English came. The English were the ones who actually ended up claiming the land. The English got to Barbados by sea by the orders of John Powell.]]> 2017-09-27 13:28:22 UTC https://padlet.com/morgankerndt2023/56mrxdgx5vuf/wish/191652517 morgankerndt2023 https://padlet.com/morgankerndt2023/56mrxdgx5vuf/wish/191653477 Emancipation Day is help on August 1st celebrating the end of slavery in Barbados. Errol Barrow Day is celebrated January 21st to celebrate the former Prime Minister of Barbados.

]]> 2017-09-27 13:30:02 UTC https://padlet.com/morgankerndt2023/56mrxdgx5vuf/wish/191653477 morgankerndt2023 https://padlet.com/morgankerndt2023/56mrxdgx5vuf/wish/191655861 More than 80 percent of people that live in Barbados practice Christianity. A small group of people that come from East India practice Hinduism. As well, a small percentage of people practice Judaism.

]]> 2017-09-27 13:34:10 UTC https://padlet.com/morgankerndt2023/56mrxdgx5vuf/wish/191655861 morgankerndt2023 https://padlet.com/morgankerndt2023/56mrxdgx5vuf/wish/191658300 The highlights are the Jazz Festival, Holetown Festival, The Sandy Lane Gold Cup, Holders Season, Crop Over and NIFCA. The Barbados Jazz Festival, which celebrates local jazz talent, has become a major annual Caribbean event. Holetown is a holiday that celebrates the first english colonist who landed in Holetown.They celbrate the Holetwon celebrations with a parade. 

]]> 2017-09-27 13:38:05 UTC https://padlet.com/morgankerndt2023/56mrxdgx5vuf/wish/191658300 morgankerndt2023 https://padlet.com/morgankerndt2023/56mrxdgx5vuf/wish/191663486 The Barbados Government pays the cost of education of Barbadian students at primary, secondary and third levels. Barbados’s literacy rate is now 98% (one of the highest in the world).

]]> 2017-09-27 13:47:54 UTC https://padlet.com/morgankerndt2023/56mrxdgx5vuf/wish/191663486 morgankerndt2023 https://padlet.com/morgankerndt2023/56mrxdgx5vuf/wish/191664782 The elderly have many different diseases that are popular in Barbados. Arthritis, hypertension, adult-onset diabetes, cancer, and heart diseases. The youth in Barbados face many mental problems like AIDS and mood disorders compared to the elderly as they have more physical problems.

]]> 2017-09-27 13:50:08 UTC https://padlet.com/morgankerndt2023/56mrxdgx5vuf/wish/191664782 morgankerndt2023 https://padlet.com/morgankerndt2023/56mrxdgx5vuf/wish/191834670 Calypso music is an integral part of Barbadian cultural landscape. Calypso rhythms can be traced back to the arrival of the first African slaves to Barbados and other Caribbean islands in the seventeenth century. Contemporary Folk music is also played a lot in Barbados.]]> 2017-09-27 18:53:57 UTC https://padlet.com/morgankerndt2023/56mrxdgx5vuf/wish/191834670 morgankerndt2023 https://padlet.com/morgankerndt2023/56mrxdgx5vuf/wish/191835428 The arts on Barbados have been supported since the mid-1950s by the Barbados National Arts Council. Tourism has provided many local artists, especially musicians. The Barbados Investment and Development Corporation (BIDC) supports the preservation of the Island's handcrafts by running multiple shops where local craftspeople sell their things. As well as having classes for beginners in arts.]]> 2017-09-27 18:55:31 UTC https://padlet.com/morgankerndt2023/56mrxdgx5vuf/wish/191835428 morgankerndt2023 https://padlet.com/morgankerndt2023/56mrxdgx5vuf/wish/191919968 Clothing in Barbados is often made out of cotton because it is smooth and soft. A lot of the same things that are worn now that were worn back then in earlier years like colourful costumes for celebrations. Light weight shirts, t- shirts, and shorts are worn a lot because of the dry seasons.

]]> 2017-09-28 02:49:39 UTC https://padlet.com/morgankerndt2023/56mrxdgx5vuf/wish/191919968 morgankerndt2023 https://padlet.com/morgankerndt2023/56mrxdgx5vuf/wish/191920130 For the most part, early Barbados fashion took the form of fun colours, summer cottons, and flowing loungewear. The most exclusive are made with Barbados grown West Indian Sea Island Cotton (WISC). Clothing in Barbados is often made out of cotton because it is smooth and soft.Tie-Head combine Christian and African religious practices.Tie-heads, both men and women, wear turbans on their heads and colorful gowns. Barbadians are known for colorful costumes, which they make to wear to holiday celebrations and festivals.

]]> 2017-09-28 02:51:25 UTC https://padlet.com/morgankerndt2023/56mrxdgx5vuf/wish/191920130 morgankerndt2023 https://padlet.com/morgankerndt2023/56mrxdgx5vuf/wish/191920386 In the western half of the island the land rises gently from coastal lowlands into rolling hills. Barbados is drained by a few small rivers that all rise in the hilly areas of the central and north. Rainfalls irrigates Barbados through a series of small streams.Barbados is surrounded by water, to the west the land drops down to the sea in a series of places.]]> 2017-09-28 02:54:22 UTC https://padlet.com/morgankerndt2023/56mrxdgx5vuf/wish/191920386 morgankerndt2023 https://padlet.com/morgankerndt2023/56mrxdgx5vuf/wish/191920530 Climate in Barbados is hot and Humid, even though it is extremely hot and humid the breeze does help control the temperature. When it rains in Barbados it is normally in the form of a thunderstorm, not lasting very long though.]]> 2017-09-28 02:55:59 UTC https://padlet.com/morgankerndt2023/56mrxdgx5vuf/wish/191920530