The Rio Cobre Gorge:
An Independence Celebration in Charlemont. Traffic was stopped due to the JCF (Police) Band playing in the street. They were genius good. I sometimes forget how bad ass their uniforms are.
Also look at these girls in traditional folk costumes
and:
There was also what looked like a Festival Queen or an Independence Queen
Its little things like this that makes me wonder exactly how much of quaint Jamaican culture am I"v missed out on iving in Uptown Kingston. We might say its pop-down or its too country but its all ours. Jamaica is honestly a beautiful country with a beautiful history. It took us a long time to gain our independence I mean we're just an over 40 year old nation. We"re proud of ourselves and we're proud of our country. So why do we sometimes seem to ignore independence day. It just seems like its a day off for the older generations and a chance to party ( Negril and Portland weekends) for the younger. We need to take a look at countries that have far less to be proud (aka the US) see how big their independence celebrations where people prepare for weeks and put on parades and fireworks. Ok we have the latter. I just get the overwhelming feeling that in Jamaica it still doesn"t matter. For a country that is so proud of itself to the point where jamaicans can sometimes come off as arrogant. Why is Independence day so unimportant to us?
Also look at these girls in traditional folk costumes
and:
There was also what looked like a Festival Queen or an Independence Queen
Its little things like this that makes me wonder exactly how much of quaint Jamaican culture am I"v missed out on iving in Uptown Kingston. We might say its pop-down or its too country but its all ours. Jamaica is honestly a beautiful country with a beautiful history. It took us a long time to gain our independence I mean we're just an over 40 year old nation. We"re proud of ourselves and we're proud of our country. So why do we sometimes seem to ignore independence day. It just seems like its a day off for the older generations and a chance to party ( Negril and Portland weekends) for the younger. We need to take a look at countries that have far less to be proud (aka the US) see how big their independence celebrations where people prepare for weeks and put on parades and fireworks. Ok we have the latter. I just get the overwhelming feeling that in Jamaica it still doesn"t matter. For a country that is so proud of itself to the point where jamaicans can sometimes come off as arrogant. Why is Independence day so unimportant to us?
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