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Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies,in the Caribbean region of North America,and is the most easterly of the Caribbean islands. It lies on the boundary of the South American and the Caribbean Plates. Its capital and largest city is Bridgetown.
The music of Barbados includes distinctive national styles of folk and popular music,including elements of Western classical and religious music. The culture of Barbados is a syncretic mix of African and British elements,and the island's music reflects this mix through song types and styles,instrumentation,dances,and aesthetic principles.
Spouge is a style of Barbadian popular music created by Jackie Opel in the 1960s. It is primarily a fusion of Jamaican ska with Trinidadian calypso,but is also influenced by a wide variety of musics from the British Isles and United States,including sea shanties,hymns,and spirituals. Spouge instrumentation originally consisted of cowbell,bass guitar,trap set,and various other electronic and percussion instruments,later augmented by saxophone,trombone,and trumpets. Of these,the cowbell and the guitar are widely seen as the most integral part of the instrumentation,and are said to reflect the African origin of much of Barbadian music.
The dollar has been the currency of Barbados since 1935. Globally its currency has the ISO 4217 code BBD,however,unofficially in Barbados the International vehicle registration code BDS is also commonly used,a currency code that is otherwise reserved for Bangladesh outside Barbados. As such the present Barbados dollar has the official ISO 4217 code of BB which matches the [dot] .bb Cc-TLD domain names classification for Barbados under ISO 3166,plusD for dollar in the foreign exchange market. The Barbadian dollar is considered as a currency which can be divided into 100 cents,though the 1 cent coin is in the process of being phased out.
Crop Over is a traditional harvest festival which began in Barbados,having had its early beginnings on the sugar cane plantations during slavery.
Anthony Carter,better known as Mighty Gabby or simply Gabby,is a Barbadian calypsonian and folk singer,and a Cultural Ambassador for the island of Barbados.
Stedson Ewart Wiltshire,better known by the sobriquet of Red Plastic Bag,RPB,or merely Bag,is a calypsonian from Barbados. He has won the Barbadian calypso monarch competition a record ten times. Hailing from the eastern,rural Barbadian parish of Saint Philip,RPB became one of few performers from that region in the island to become successful. He carries a large support group of fans that show up to cheer him on from Stand C when he performs against other calypsonians at Barbados National Stadium.
George William Lamming OCC was a Barbadian novelist,essayist,and poet. He first won critical acclaim for In the Castle of My Skin,his 1953 debut novel. He also held academic posts,including as a distinguished visiting professor at Duke University and a visiting professor in the Africana Studies Department of Brown University,and lectured extensively worldwide.
Mia Amor Mottley,is a Barbadian politician and attorney who has served as the eighth prime minister of Barbados since 2018 and as Leader of the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) since 2008. Mottley is the first woman to hold either position. She is also Barbados' first prime minister under its republican system,following constitutional changes she introduced that abolished the country's constitutional monarchy.
Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago formally established diplomatic relations on Barbados' national date of independence,30 November 1966. Barbados maintains non-resident representation to Port of Spain,and the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago maintains non-resident representation to Bridgetown. Both countries are members of many shared organisations,including the Association of Caribbean States,the Commonwealth of Nations,CARICOM,CARIFORUM,and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States.
The historical ties between the governments of Barbados and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK) are long and complex,including settlement,post-colonialism and modern bilateral relations. The two countries are related through common history spanning 339 years (1627–1966). Since the Barbadian date of political independence,these nations continue to share ties through the Commonwealth of Nations. Until becoming a Commonwealth republic in 2021,Barbados also shared the same Head of State,with Queen Elizabeth II as their Monarch.
Barbadian-French relations are the bilateral relations between the two countries,Barbados and France. Both countries have established diplomatic relations on May 3,1968. Barbados is represented in France through its embassy in Brussels (Belgium). France is represented in Barbados through its embassy in Castries,led by and an additional honorary consulate in Bridgetown.
Sports in Barbados are many and varied. The large Barbadian diaspora around the globe and wide-scale availability of International television covered on the local cable service and DirectTV has meant that Barbadians have always been up to date on international trends. Barbadians now follow a wide cross-section of sport from around the world. In recent years,the Barbadian government has implemented a policy of sport-based tourism. Including the hosting of the 2007 Cricket World Cup and various other events locally. Beyond this,the Barbadian calendar has many sporting events throughout the year.
Barbados–Brazil relations are the foreign relations between Barbados and Brazil. Barbados and Brazil established diplomatic relations on 26 November 1971. Brazil has a resident Embassy in Hastings,Christ Church;while Barbados,which traditionally accredited its Ambassador in Caracas as its non-resident Ambassador to Brazil,opened an actual embassy in Brasília,Brazil on 27 April 2010. Relations between both nations have steadily increased between both nations,especially during 2010. Barbados and Brazil are members of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States.
Ringbang is a Caribbean fusion of music genres propounded by Eddy Grant in 1994.
Anthony Kellman is a Barbados-born poet,novelist,and musician.
Sir Philip Greaves,KA is a Barbadian retired politician who served as the 5th deputy prime minister of Barbados from 1 June 1987 until 6 September 1994 under Lloyd Erskine Sandiford. He later served as acting governor-general of Barbados from 1 July 2017 until 8 January 2018.
General elections were held in Barbados on 24 May 2018. The result was a landslide victory for the opposition Barbados Labour Party (BLP),which won all 30 seats in the House of Assembly,resulting in BLP leader Mia Mottley becoming the country's first female Prime Minister. The BLP's victory was the first time a party had won every seat in the House of Assembly. Previously,the most one-sided result for a Barbadian election had been in 1999,when the BLP won 26 of the 28 seats. The BLP's 73.5 percent vote share was also the highest on record.
A by-election was held in the Barbadian constituency of St George North on November 11,2020 following the resignation of incumbent BLP Member of Parliament Gline Clarke,who has represented the constituency for the past 26 years,to accept the post of Barbados High Commissioner to Canada. It was the first election to take place since Prime Minister Mia Mottley's governing Barbados Labour Party won all seats in the House of Assembly in the 2018 Barbadian general election.
Wilfred Arthur Abrahams is a Barbadian politician,lawyer and current government minister in Barbados. He is the current Minister of Home Affairs and Information in Barbados.
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