CULTURE IN JAMAICA 

The Jamaican culture is a combination of various traditions who settled on the island and the first settlers: the Taíno Indians. Christianity is the main religion and which has more practitioners, also there are other religions: Hinduism, Islam, and Judaism.

English is the official language, although many Jamaicans speak a local dialect of English that incorporates African, Spanish and French words. the majority of the inhabitants are Christians, they are members of the Church of God, Baptists, Anglicans, Adventists of the seventh day, the Pentecostals and Catholics. There are several communities of Jews, Muslims and Hindus. Some popular sects, notably the rastafari movement (is the culture that prevails in the island, which has various ritosy festivals throughout the year), are a significant feature of the national religious life.

The Jamaica population has African origin or mestizo (with the Europeans), descended from the slaves brought to the island in the 17TH and 18th centuries.

Jamaica is divided into 14 municipalities, of which 12 are managed by municipal councils and the two municipal governments.

The main institution of higher education is the University of the West Indies (1948), located in Kingston; It has a library with more than 450,000 volumes. Jamaica also has various schools of vocational training and techniques, training of teachers and faculties of letters, Sciences, and technology schools.

The largest religion within the country is Rastafarianism, which recognizes Haile Selassie I, last emperor of Ethiopia, as the God made man. One of the icons was the singer Bob Marley, this singer is a Prophet for the Jamaican people and is responsible for the growth of the religion by his global fame.