• The music of Barbados includes distinctive national styles of folk and popular music, including elements of Western classical and religious music. The...
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    Barbados (UK: /bɑːrˈbeɪdɒs/ bar-BAY-doss; US: /bɑːrˈbeɪdoʊs/ bar-BAY-dohss; locally /bɑːrˈbeɪdəs/ bar-BAY-dəss) is an island country in the Lesser Antilles...
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  • The music of Barbados draws on the island's cultural heritage, and the music history of Barbados reflects the island's diverse cultures. While slavery...
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  • The Order of Freedom of Barbados is a national honour established by the Order of Freedom of Barbados Act 2019 by the Parliament of Barbados. As part within...
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    /ˈbeɪdʒənz/ BAY-jənz), are people who are identified with the country of Barbados, by being citizens or their descendants in the Bajan diaspora. The connection...
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    Shores, Barbados Atlas of Barbados Attorney-General of Barbados Australia–Barbados relations Bajan Bajan Creole Bajan stick licking Banks Barbados Brewery...
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    monarchy of Barbados was a system of government in which a hereditary monarch was the sovereign and head of state of Barbados from 1966 to 2021. Barbados shared...
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  • West/Central African and British influences spoken on the Caribbean island of Barbados. Bajan is primarily a spoken language, meaning that in general, standard...
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  • Spouge (category Music of Barbados)
    education to all people of Barbados. North American love songs, parlor songs, African-American spirituals and folk hymns, and hillbilly music have also contributed...
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  • Crop Over is a traditional harvest festival which began in Barbados, having had its early beginnings on the sugar cane plantations during slavery. The...
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  • Australian Singles Chart (Kent Music Report). The track was later released on an album in 1975 by Gull Records, named Barbados Sky. Follow-up singles "Rocket...
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    parish of St. Michael is one of eleven parishes of Barbados. It has a land area of 39 km2 (15 sq mi) and is found at the southwest portion of the island...
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    pageants in Barbados Miss Barbados Universe Miss Barbados World Music of Barbados Music history of Barbados Barbados Chamber Orchestra Barbados Jazz Festival...
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    of Need" is the national anthem of the country of Barbados. It was written by Irving Burgie and was composed by C. Van Roland Edwards. As one part of...
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  • Ska Music of the Lesser Antilles Zouk Music of Anguilla Music of Antigua and Barbuda Music of Aruba and the Netherlands Antilles Music of Barbados Spouge...
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    The culture of Barbados is a blend of West African and British cultures present in Barbados. English is the official language of the nation, reflecting...
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    Barbadian sound of traditional tuk band music". HISTORY OF THE TUK BAND The music of the drums was brought to the island of Barbados by African slaves...
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    Saint Philip is a parish of Barbados at the easternmost end of the island. Saint Philip’s Parish Church was built as the Anglican parish church in 1640...
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  • The Barbados Jazz Festival was an annual music festival on the Caribbean island of Barbados. It was a week-long celebration held annually in January in...
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  • Music of Armenia Music of Australia Music of Austria Music of Badakhshan Music of Bahrain Music of Barbados Music of Belarus Music of Belgium Music of...
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  • A music genre is a conventional category that identifies some pieces of music as belonging to a shared tradition or set of conventions. Genre is to be...
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    Music is the arrangement of sound to create some combination of form, harmony, melody, rhythm, or otherwise expressive content. Music is generally agreed...
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    capital and largest city of Barbados. Formerly The Town of Saint Michael, the Greater Bridgetown area is located within the parish of Saint Michael. Bridgetown...
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    Ringbang (category Music of Barbados)
    2012. Best, Curwen (2012). "Post-Soca". The Popular Music and Entertainment Culture of Barbados: Pathways to Digital Culture. The Scarecrow Press. pp...
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  • of contredanse. Caribbean music in the United Kingdom Music of the African diaspora Music of the Bahamas Music of Barbados Music of Belize Music of Colombia...
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  • Recorded Music Association. Archived from the original on February 8, 2012. Retrieved February 18, 2012. "Rihanna appointed as ambassador by Barbados". BBC...
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  • "Grand Old Man" of English cricket. Described as "The Eton College of Barbados", since Barbados' independence in 1966, five out of Barbados's eight Prime...
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    The parish of Saint Joseph is a parish of Barbados on the eastern side of the island. The parish is home to two of the more notable botanic gardens in...
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    Barbadians of entirely or predominantly African descent. 92.4% of Barbados's population is black and 3.1% is multiracial, based on estimates in 2010. Most of the...
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