What are some Jamaican customs and traditions?
The most popular Jamaican traditions are for most national holidays, such as Christmas cake, Sorrel, pudding at Christmas time, Fried fish, lent at Easter time and other national holidays. Rituals such as the famed Nine Night after the death of a loved one are a popular Jamaican tradition that characterizes the Jamaican culture. The New Year is celebrated with New Year Eve parties that range from stage shows to formal balls. The food eaten includes traditional Jamaican celebratory foods such as curried goat meat, soup made from a ram goat’s head called manish water, and rice cooked with red beans. These foods are representative of prosperity in the new year to which most Jamaicans look forward. Jamaican cuisine and cooking is an important aspect of cultural embodiment. The foods and the recipes make a culture richer. The Jamaican culture has been enriched by superb Jamaican foods such as Jerk Chicken Recipes, Jerk Pork and the infamous Red Stripe Beer. It is foods such as these that he
