Category: Jamaica Culture

2013 peace protest in Kingston of Coral Gardens massacre

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There is much wonder as to what the result and after impact will be this year, the 50th anniversary of the March 16, 1963 Coral Gardens Massacre in St James

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A good Jamaican Easter to celebrate

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Webmasters Make $$$ It’s Good Friday. Some Jamaicans plum forgot for yet another year to check out the Easter tradition of breaking an egg in water to see their future formed out by the white of the egg. Does this actually work? Every year even sinners enjoy a good Good Friday service lasting for at least four hours and then going home for that Sprat Fish and bread dinner prepared earlier. At church, the story of the crucifixion is much anticipated. There are other traditions, that help to make the…

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Hanukkah and Jamaican Jews

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Webmasters Make $$$ By Rabbi Dana Evan Kaplan, Jamaica Gleaner Guest Columnist The Jewish holiday of Hanukkah begins this year at sundown on Saturday, December 8. Hanukkah is an eight-day holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem at the time of the Revolt of the Maccabees in the 2nd century BCE, about 2,200 years ago. One of the major observances is the lighting of the lights in an eight-branched Hanukkah Menorah, also called a Hanukkiah. We light one additional candle each night using the shamash, a separate candle…

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