CULTURAL CELEBRATIONS

• Festival of the Jamaica coffee: Is held every autumn in Kingston to celebrate the tradition of coffee agriculture, farmers and traders give visitors free samples of a wide variety of coffees, hot beverages and other foods.
•  Heritage Fest: Also held every autumn in Kingston, where da food, dance and music to explore the diversity of the. From curry of the India to the dance of the Lebanon and surrenders to all cultures that are in Jamaica.
•  El Accompong Maroon: Is the festival which is celebrated every year on January 6, the birthday of Captain Cudjoe, the man who defeated the English army. The festival celebrates the Maroons, with traditional dances and singing, a fantastic party, the sound the Abeng Horn, and drums of war Maroons.
•  One of the most important festivals of the Caribbean, Carnival, extends throughout the island in a big party, with popular music shows, as well as parades. The Carnival is celebrated on 8 April, by the island in the week before Easter and is one of the most popular festivals of the island. It is the best tradition of Jamaican culture and the people, the Jamaica Carnival is a celebration of good energy, and as such is one of the most anticipated events in this country.

From Parties on the beaches and public parades with floats and carriages, to competitions among participants and the presentations of music artists globally recognized, it lasts for nine days with parades, dances, costume contests, and a 'war between gangs' using his best artistic expressions.

This celebration unites people from all over the world, they are in the streets with sound, color and spirit of jamaica. This event is an opportunity to share the culture and life of the Jamaicans.

• Women's day: March 8.
• Christmas: December 24 is celebrated.
• New year: is celebrated on January 1.
• Day of work: is celebrated on May 1.
• Day of independence: held on 6 August.
• Day of Kings mages: is celebrated on January 6.

THE TRADITIONS OF THE MAROONS IN MOORE TOWN

The city of Moore Town is inhabited by the descendants of the communities of former runaway slaves, the Maroons. the word "cimarron" means that slaves fled the plantations in the early 17TH century and built their homes in the blue mountains and the Johncrow mountains... The heritage of the inhabitants of Moore Town also includes an original system of land collective ownership, a local political structure and the use of the abeng, a Horn of Jamaican origin which serves as a means of long-distance communication.