Coast to Coast Flashcards
Carlisle Bay
Carlisle Bay was once full of merchant vessels, particularly those of the British. Today you’ll find catamarans and luxury yachts anchored here. This beach ends at the Hilton Hotel.
Nationality
Officially known as Barbadians but better known as bajans.
Languages
Languages
Barbadians are bidialectal. We speak standard English and our bajan dialect.
Pelican Village Craft
Opened in 1999, Pelican Village is an attractive, spacious shopping village offering the very best of local handicrafts, and providing the opportunity to see Barbados’ craftsmen at work.
Pelican Village is named after Pelican Island, a small island which existed off Barbados before being incorporated into the Deep Water Harbour.
Kensington Oval
Kensington Oval is Barbados’ oldest cricket ground. Also known as the Mecca. Statues of our National Hero the Right Excellency Sir Gary Sobers can be seen holding a bat while his counterpart Sir Wesley Hall is holding a ball.
Rihanna Drive
This road was formerly called Westbury Road but now bears the name of our international singing sensation the Right Excellent Robin Rihanna Fenty. This is the where this icon was born and raised.
Mount Gall Distilleries
Was established since 1703 and boast of some of the best tasting rum in the world
Barbados and Rum
Barbados is considered the birthplace of rum, and is believed to produce the oldest rum found anywhere in the world. Barbados rum is the best rum in the world and it’s the spirit of our island culture and history.
Desalination Plant
It produce approximately 23000 cubic meters of potable per day. The plant takes brackish water from 10 wells in the St. Michael, the water is per treated and then desalted before distribution.
Barbados Light Power Substation
The sole electricity provider in Barbados which started in 1911. Supplies over 100, 000 customers
Black Belly Sheep
Is indigenous to Barbados and was evolved in Barbados from two ancestral stocks, one being an African hair sheep (suited to this warm climate) and the other a European wool sheep (with a high reproductive rate). The meat is tasty and tender.
Parishes
The island of Barbados is divided into 11 regions known as parishes (similar to states or provinces). Most of the parishes were named after Barbados’ Anglican history.
Holetown Monument
This obelisk monument commemorates the first English landing in Barbados by Captain John Powell in 1625 (not in 1605 as stated on the main plaque on the monument). Barbados was claimed on behalf of King James I of England and remained as an English territory until Independence in 1966.
Holetown
Holetown was the site of the first British landing in Barbados in 1625 and the first settlement by the British two years later. The Holetown Monument commemorates the 1625 landing.
The town was originally called Jamestown after King James I. It is said that the English seamen named the area Holetown because the river that empties into the sea here reminded them of the Limehouse Hole on the River Thames.
Some festivals
Like any culture, annual festivals are deeply important to Barbadians. Each has its own historical and cultural significance. Crop Over reflects the history of the sugar industry, a protest against injustice and the ultimate liberation of an enslaved people.
The Holetown Festival commemorates the arrival of the first British settlers.
The Oistins Fish Festival pays tribute to those who work in the fishing industry.
