#caribbean creole

[trivijoy]

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[havatabanca]

[sbrown82]

Black culture in Bluefields, Nicaragua! ✊🏿🇳🇮

#HappyHispanicHeritageMonth

[creoleprincesss12]

Concrete cowgal

[belle-keys]

Artists: Michel-Jean Cazabon (1813-1888)

[chroniclesofnadia111]

Where is St Lucia/Lucian and what's it like there?

🇱🇨Saint Lucia changed hands of ownership between England & France 14 times!! Lol yes a whopping 14 times (7 times France, 7 times England) until England eventually won. But there is still many remnants of French influence that can be found like in our Kwèyól (Creole) language for example. We gained independence on February 22, 1979. We’re a volcanic island and you can even explore the Sulphur Springs where the (mostly inactive I hope🤣) volcano is. The drive in Sulphur Springs is one of our main tourist attractions along with our beautiful mountain peaks The Pitons. And if you like hiking you can tackle the Petit Piton and the more difficult Gros Piton. Like most islands we have our cultural events and our yearly carnival which is super lit 💃🏾✨🪅🎊🌴🇱🇨 Lots of great food especially fresh seafood and there are weekly fish frys you can attend in different parts of the island. There’s more I could mention but that’s a little quick summary for you 👍🏾❤️ 🏝️

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[preethecaribbean]

To kick things off for Caribbean Folklore Month and Creole Heritage Month, the spotlight is on a spooky character in Kwéyòl folklore!

La Diablesse is a seductive female demon who uses her beauty and charm to lure men to their death. This creature, who normally appears at night, is said to wander along lonely roads or in the forest, waiting for her next victim. The folklore of La Diablesse is influenced by French Creole and West African cultures.

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[kaalbela]

Creole Portraits series by Jocelyn Gardner

Creole Portraits is a collection of hand-coloured lithographic portraits that reveal intricately braided Afro-centric hairstyles entwined within iron slave collars which were used to punish female slaves accused of inducing abortion. Each portrait also displays one of thirteen ‘exotic’ botanical specimens identified as having been used to induce abortion in the 18th century. Delicately hand-painted with watercolours, as was characteristic of natural history engravings of the period, each portrait is named after one of the botanical specimens using the established Linnaeun binominal system of nomenclature of the period in tandem with each slave’s plantation name; an act which parodies the imperial taxonomical systems.

[the1312daysofchristmas]

on the topic of paime actually happy creole heritage month and belated jounen kwéyòl here is a good recipe for paime. you can use vegan margarine instead of butter (there is a good chance when she says butter she is talking about margarine anyway), you can use grated pumpkin instead of coconut and you can use pretty much any milk instead of coconut milk. the banana leaves are non negotiable though*

*kidding. you can replace those with foil.

[caribbeanart]

If you cannot get rid of Dutch, then you are obliged to feel at home in it as much as possible. You must know the language so well that you can be an Antillean in it. While Dutch in the Antilles is constantly influencing Papiamentu, I turn this one-way traffic around in my work. I Antilleanize Dutch.

More Read Caribbean recommendations here by Amara Amaryah. Especially enjoyed learning about the role of creole languages in Caribbean literature like Belizean kreyol and Papiamentu in Curaçao. This quote by Martinus Arion especially really spoke to me.

[viridiansunset]

Jacmel,

Haïti

[forgedfromlove]

A conversation between Trinidadian French Patois speakers!

Original video by katvixenchick on YouTube.

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Fin 18e siècle

[goodeatsandepis]

Delicious Haitian Food 🇭🇹🔥| Creole Rice & Beans, Griot, & Fried Plantains| Haitian Fritay Recipe