Travel guide Jamaica

This yellow and brown fruit is cooked, among other things, with salted cod, it is the national breakfast. Visually, it looks like scrambled eggs. Symbol of the island, it grows on theakesia, introduced in the 18th century by slaves from West Africa. It opens when ripe and is picked with a long hooked pole.

In Jamaica, dominoes are not only a game, but a real "national sport". It is played on a wooden table. Around the table, four players compete to impress each other verbally and keep each other in line by forcefully hitting the pieces on the table. It is also a ritual of family Sundays

Jamaica is home to many churches, mainly Protestant, Methodist, Anglican, Orthodox, Baptist, Presbyterian and Seventh Day Adventist to name a few. Jamaica would also be the country with the most churches per capita! Don't miss a Sunday service for its gospel songs.

The forest is omnipresent on the island, you will not fail to admire the foothills of the country's mountains covered with this lush, tropical and wild vegetation. It covers nearly a third of the island's surface, i.e. nearly 340,000 hectares, including 88,000 hectares of primary forest still intact. On the coast, the forest is drier

Marijuana - weed, collie, lambsbread, kingsbread, sensi, bush herb, I-grade, sativa - is an integral part of Jamaican society. Its cultivation and consumption are authorized since 2015 (officially on prescription for tourists). If the rastas are associated with it, many Jamaicans smoke more or less regularly

This is how these Jamaicans are called and how they present themselves. They live from an informal tourist economy, based on the sale of everything and anything: car wash, drug sale, visit of a city or a district... The opportunity to collect a little money. They gravitate to the tourist sites from Ocho Rios to Negril

This cooking method inherited from the Maroons was born in Boston Bay. Today, it can be found literally on every street corner. The chicken or pork is marinated in Jamaican jerk spices (chili, pepper, cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg, thyme...) and then grilled on a barbecue of pimento tree branches and smothered

It is the name of a legendary Jamaican pirate who ruled the island in the late 17th century. He was even once "king of the pirates of the Caribbean". His name was given to a black bird reminiscent of a raven, and more closely a vulture. There is always a John Crow circling in the sky, to remind us that the pirate is watching

Jamaica is a paradise for honeymooners and express marriages! After 24 hours of presence in the country, you can claim to be married, provided you provide the necessary documents. Many hotels offer all-inclusive wedding packages. Beware: if it is easy to get married, it is difficult to get divorced!

Born from an exceptional musical context, from the hybridization of local mento, soul, rock and traditional African percussions, this musical style crosses the times. Jimmy Cliff, Bob Marley, Dennis Brown, Gregory Isaacs, Black Uhuru, The Gladiators... have left a legacy: Jamaica is the country that produces the most records per capita!

Born in the 1950s in the ska, rocksteady and roots street parties of the Kingston ghettos, they were built from a generator, a truckload of speakers, loudspeakers and DJs at the decks. Today, the sound is dancehall and dub, they stand out with their walls of speakers during soundclashes between crews of DJs and MCs.

It is the movement of the basin of the queens of Jamaican dancehall. Each hit is accompanied by its movement, inseparable from the lyrics. At each session, dancehall queens and groups of dancers compete with inventiveness and originality with variations of dutty wine (head rotation) or Beyonce wine (pelvic swaying).