In 1936, legendary American author and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston traveled to #Jamaica to research Obeah, folk customs, and Maroon culture, documented in “Tell My Horse: Voodoo and Life in Haiti and Jamaica” (1938). She recounted an overnight boar hunt with the Maroons: “Towards morning we ate our fill of jerk pork. It is better than our American barbecue. It is hard to imagine anything better than pork the way the Maroons jerk it.” #Caribbean
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Jamaican distilleries shift focus to local rum aging post-2016 geographical indication trademark rule. Appleton, Worthy Park, and Hampden now prioritize on-island maturation to retain value and ensure authenticity. https://t.co/w4Y3ZKTNp5
'The six-decade career of legendary artist Jimmy Cliff, who was born in the Somerton District of Jamaica, was one of the most influential in reggae history and a global ambassador for Jamaican culture.'
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