Jamaica Culture Archives - Page 10 of 36

A Sting of…… lyrics or energy.. after 12 hours of raw talent in performances, you wonder if the physical fights is just another signature for the event

Revivalist priest reaches out in downtown Kingston

December 7, 2014December 7, 2014 Anthea

A local ‘priest’ from Zion Revivalist Church on his way to St William Park in downtown to free people of their problems. Saturday, December 6, 2014. Anthea McGibbon photo

Mormons finally spill on their garments

October 22, 2014October 22, 2014 Administrator

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Mormon church is addressing the mystery that has long surrounded undergarments worn by its faithful with a new video explaining the practice in-depth while admonishing ridicule from outsiders about what it considers a symbol of Latter-day Saints’ devotion to God. The four-minute video on The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ website compares the white, two-piece cotton “temple garments” to holy vestments worn in other religious faiths such as a Catholic nun’s habit or a Muslim skullcap. The footage is part of a…

2014 Jamaica Independence message by Opposition Leader

August 6, 2014August 6, 2014 Administrator

JAMAICA INDEPENDENCE DAY MESSAGE (2014) FROM OPPOSITION LEADER MR. ANDREW HOLNESS Independence marked a major milestone in our journey towards nationhood and the creation of our Jamaican State. That journey started with the arrival of Columbus in 1492 and the subsequent conquest, exploitation and establishment of a system of enslavement and a plantation society under European colonial rule which lasted for 470 years until our Independence 1962. After World War II European Empires receded as their economies and armies tried to rebuild and nationalist fervour in the colonies grew. Colonialism…