Post by Dominicanese on Jan 31, 2018 2:08:55 GMT
Anguilla.
Culture:
Anguilla's original Taino population has long disappeared, but the descendants of the West African slaves and their masters from Great Britain and Ireland now live peacefully together. Today, Anguilla's culture is a unique mix of stately British traditions and a lively Caribbean spirit.
Cuisine:
Anguilla is a territory in the insular Central America, more precisely, in the Caribbean Sea. The island’s relief is full of mountains and volcanoes, with various tropical forests. Some of the most important economical incomes are provided from the breeding of animals, such as cattle, and fishing, but also from agriculture, as sugar cane and cotton represent wide plantations.
Due to the fact that Anguilla is one of the islands that have been for a long time a British territory, the English influence in the local cuisine is very much felt. Besides this, Anguilla has a rather multi-cultural society, as many Europeans live on the island, along with the natives. This is another reason why Anguilla cuisine includes French and Italian or Spanish aliments and traditional dishes. The Antiguan and Barbuda cuisine also resembles to the general Caribbean one, as it includes a wide range of light meats, like fish, seafood and Chicken, which are mostly grilled or roasted and served with the local plants.
Anguilla basically contains Anguilla Island, Sombrero Island and a few others which are unpopulated, so the regional cuisines refer only to these 2 inhabited territories. In The Valley (the centre of Anguilla), there are many tourists all through the year and the cuisine includes a wide range of meals especially made for their delight. In the Valley, the tourists are familiar with the crispy vegetable spring rolls, the vegetable salads with sauces like soy sesame and Peanut lime. Also, chunky gazpacho is served with plum tomatoes, shallots, cucumbers, red peppers and lime juice and topped with a crème fraiche. There are many lobster cakes, which are considered delicacies by the tourists – they contain mixed greens and tomato tartar sauce. Even more sophisticated meals include the Jamaican jerk shrimp, with rum and cinnamon bananas and cranberry. In other more rural areas, people prefer to eat home made food, like the traditional mahi mahi and local breads.
The cuisine of Anguilla uses elements from various cooking traditions borrowed from their neighbors and developed from their own traditional dishes. While there are no specific or unique preparation methods for Anguilla cooking, we should point out that attention to detail is important in the Anguilla cuisine. Using the right amount of spices for example is essential – either for spicing up the taste or for coloring the dish. The diversity of vegetables and cereals found in Anguilla is also noticed in the delicious dishes belonging to their cuisine. The visual attractiveness of the dish is also important, and a balance between colors and proportion differentiates. Each traditional dish has a special cooking method, which is more or less general in all of Anguilla’s regions. Meat is one of the main elements of most Anguilla dishes and cured and smoked hams are often parts of delicious dishes.
From cake pans, can openers, colanders, egg rings, poachers and holders, food dishers & portioners, food pans & food containers to other kitchen utensils, such as food scales, food scoops and fryer baskets & accessories, the Anguilla cuisine needs a diverse cooking equipment set in order to produce the most sophisticated Anguilla dishes. You should consider insulated food carriers if you are transporting the food and a full set of kitchen linens and uniforms if you wish to look like a pro. Here are a few other items that will come handy while cooking Anguilla food: juicers, kitchen knives, kitchen slicers, kitchen thermometers, measuring cups & measuring spoons, miscellaneous utensils, mixing bowls and skimmers & strainers. Essential utensils like serving spoons, spatulas, forks, turners, scrapers and tongs should also be part of your cooking "arsenal".
Most of the people are settled on the busy islands of Sombrero and Anguilla, where the atmosphere during celebrations and festivals is very joyful and intense, as the inhabitants enjoy celebrating their culture and religion. A very traditional meal is the mahi mahi – this dish is also frequent in most of the cuisines of the Caribbean Sea islands. Mahi mahi is prepared with roasted red onions, rice, tomatoes and with a sauce of mustard and capers. The meals served on special occasions also include the breast of cinnamon crusted Chicken, which is also served with rice and mushrooms. The preparation of these meals takes a long time and also, a lot of knowledge, but the Anguilla people enjoy the preparations for their holidays.
Music:
The music of Anguilla is part of the Lesser Antillean music area. The earliest people of the island were the Caribs and Arawaks, who arrived from South America. English settlers from St Kitts and Irish people later colonised the island. Unlike regional neighbours, however, the plantation system of agriculture that relied on chattel slavery never took root in Anguilla, causing a distinctly independent cultural makeup. The most recent influences on Anguilla's musical life come from elsewhere in the Caribbean, especially the music of Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica, as well as abroad, especially the music of the United States and the United Kingdom. Anguilla's Rastafarian heritage has played a role in the island's music and culture and produced influential figures like activist Ijahnya Christian and Robert Athlyi Rogers, author of The Holy Piby.
The island has produced a number of popular reggae, calypso, soca and country musicians. Of these, the last is especially characteristic, as country is not otherwise a part of much Caribbean popular music. Anguilla's Island Harbour, an Irish-settled village on the east side of the island, is a major centre for local country music. Soca is a major recent import that has become the most important form of dance music on Anguilla; it is often accompanied by frenzied, sexualised dancing called wukin up.
Ethnic Racial Composition:
* 85.3% Black
* 10.3% Mulatto
* 3.2% White
* 1.2% Asian
People:
Originally inhabited by some of the Carib peoples who came from northern South America, Anguilla was later colonized by the English, in the 1600s. Today the majority of the population is of African descent. The minority Caucasian population is mostly of British descent. The population on average is very young; more than one third are under the age of fifteen. Anguilla has a total permanent population of about fifteen thousand.
2006 and 2007 saw an influx of large numbers of Chinese, Indian and Mexican workers, brought in as labour for major tourist developments due to the local population not being large enough to support the labour requirements.
Languages:
English is the official language of the Island of Anguilla. They also speak a local dialect of English in informal situations, and it is basically known as Anguillan English. Anguillan English has it's roots in Southern Irish English and British English, with influences from West African languages. There are also many words of Taino origin still heard and used.
Religion:
According to the 2001 census, Christianity is Anguilla's predominant religion, with 29 percent of the population practising Anglicanism. Another 23.9 percent are Methodist. Other churches on the island include Seventh-day Adventist, Baptist, Roman Catholic (served by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint John's - Basseterre, with see at Saint John on Antigua and Barbuda) and a community of Jehovah's Witnesses (0.7%). Between 1992 and 2001 the number of followers of the Church of God and Pentecostals increased considerably. There are at least 15 churches on the island. Although a minority on the island, it is an important location to followers of Rastafarian religion—Anguilla is the birthplace of Robert Athlyi Rogers, author of the Holy Piby which has had a strong influence on Rastafarian beliefs. Various other religions are practised as well. More recently, a Muslim cultural centre has opened on the island.
Economy:
The economy of Anguilla, which has few natural resources, depends heavily on luxury tourism, offshore banking, lobster fishing, and remittances from emigrants. Due to its small size and reliance on tourism and foreign direct investment, Anguilla is vulnerable to external economic conditions in the United States and Europe. Therefore, economic growth in Anguilla can be very volatile. Some 23% of the population suffers from poverty.
Sports:
From the gyms to the swims, visitors are welcome. As an island nation, Anguilla's interest in sports and athleticisim is above the average. While boat racing is our unique national sport, we have a passion for cricket, soccer, tennis, cycling, weightlifting and more.
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Culture:
Anguilla's original Taino population has long disappeared, but the descendants of the West African slaves and their masters from Great Britain and Ireland now live peacefully together. Today, Anguilla's culture is a unique mix of stately British traditions and a lively Caribbean spirit.
Cuisine:
Anguilla is a territory in the insular Central America, more precisely, in the Caribbean Sea. The island’s relief is full of mountains and volcanoes, with various tropical forests. Some of the most important economical incomes are provided from the breeding of animals, such as cattle, and fishing, but also from agriculture, as sugar cane and cotton represent wide plantations.
Due to the fact that Anguilla is one of the islands that have been for a long time a British territory, the English influence in the local cuisine is very much felt. Besides this, Anguilla has a rather multi-cultural society, as many Europeans live on the island, along with the natives. This is another reason why Anguilla cuisine includes French and Italian or Spanish aliments and traditional dishes. The Antiguan and Barbuda cuisine also resembles to the general Caribbean one, as it includes a wide range of light meats, like fish, seafood and Chicken, which are mostly grilled or roasted and served with the local plants.
Anguilla basically contains Anguilla Island, Sombrero Island and a few others which are unpopulated, so the regional cuisines refer only to these 2 inhabited territories. In The Valley (the centre of Anguilla), there are many tourists all through the year and the cuisine includes a wide range of meals especially made for their delight. In the Valley, the tourists are familiar with the crispy vegetable spring rolls, the vegetable salads with sauces like soy sesame and Peanut lime. Also, chunky gazpacho is served with plum tomatoes, shallots, cucumbers, red peppers and lime juice and topped with a crème fraiche. There are many lobster cakes, which are considered delicacies by the tourists – they contain mixed greens and tomato tartar sauce. Even more sophisticated meals include the Jamaican jerk shrimp, with rum and cinnamon bananas and cranberry. In other more rural areas, people prefer to eat home made food, like the traditional mahi mahi and local breads.
The cuisine of Anguilla uses elements from various cooking traditions borrowed from their neighbors and developed from their own traditional dishes. While there are no specific or unique preparation methods for Anguilla cooking, we should point out that attention to detail is important in the Anguilla cuisine. Using the right amount of spices for example is essential – either for spicing up the taste or for coloring the dish. The diversity of vegetables and cereals found in Anguilla is also noticed in the delicious dishes belonging to their cuisine. The visual attractiveness of the dish is also important, and a balance between colors and proportion differentiates. Each traditional dish has a special cooking method, which is more or less general in all of Anguilla’s regions. Meat is one of the main elements of most Anguilla dishes and cured and smoked hams are often parts of delicious dishes.
From cake pans, can openers, colanders, egg rings, poachers and holders, food dishers & portioners, food pans & food containers to other kitchen utensils, such as food scales, food scoops and fryer baskets & accessories, the Anguilla cuisine needs a diverse cooking equipment set in order to produce the most sophisticated Anguilla dishes. You should consider insulated food carriers if you are transporting the food and a full set of kitchen linens and uniforms if you wish to look like a pro. Here are a few other items that will come handy while cooking Anguilla food: juicers, kitchen knives, kitchen slicers, kitchen thermometers, measuring cups & measuring spoons, miscellaneous utensils, mixing bowls and skimmers & strainers. Essential utensils like serving spoons, spatulas, forks, turners, scrapers and tongs should also be part of your cooking "arsenal".
Most of the people are settled on the busy islands of Sombrero and Anguilla, where the atmosphere during celebrations and festivals is very joyful and intense, as the inhabitants enjoy celebrating their culture and religion. A very traditional meal is the mahi mahi – this dish is also frequent in most of the cuisines of the Caribbean Sea islands. Mahi mahi is prepared with roasted red onions, rice, tomatoes and with a sauce of mustard and capers. The meals served on special occasions also include the breast of cinnamon crusted Chicken, which is also served with rice and mushrooms. The preparation of these meals takes a long time and also, a lot of knowledge, but the Anguilla people enjoy the preparations for their holidays.
Music:
The music of Anguilla is part of the Lesser Antillean music area. The earliest people of the island were the Caribs and Arawaks, who arrived from South America. English settlers from St Kitts and Irish people later colonised the island. Unlike regional neighbours, however, the plantation system of agriculture that relied on chattel slavery never took root in Anguilla, causing a distinctly independent cultural makeup. The most recent influences on Anguilla's musical life come from elsewhere in the Caribbean, especially the music of Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica, as well as abroad, especially the music of the United States and the United Kingdom. Anguilla's Rastafarian heritage has played a role in the island's music and culture and produced influential figures like activist Ijahnya Christian and Robert Athlyi Rogers, author of The Holy Piby.
The island has produced a number of popular reggae, calypso, soca and country musicians. Of these, the last is especially characteristic, as country is not otherwise a part of much Caribbean popular music. Anguilla's Island Harbour, an Irish-settled village on the east side of the island, is a major centre for local country music. Soca is a major recent import that has become the most important form of dance music on Anguilla; it is often accompanied by frenzied, sexualised dancing called wukin up.
Ethnic Racial Composition:
* 85.3% Black
* 10.3% Mulatto
* 3.2% White
* 1.2% Asian
People:
Originally inhabited by some of the Carib peoples who came from northern South America, Anguilla was later colonized by the English, in the 1600s. Today the majority of the population is of African descent. The minority Caucasian population is mostly of British descent. The population on average is very young; more than one third are under the age of fifteen. Anguilla has a total permanent population of about fifteen thousand.
2006 and 2007 saw an influx of large numbers of Chinese, Indian and Mexican workers, brought in as labour for major tourist developments due to the local population not being large enough to support the labour requirements.
Languages:
English is the official language of the Island of Anguilla. They also speak a local dialect of English in informal situations, and it is basically known as Anguillan English. Anguillan English has it's roots in Southern Irish English and British English, with influences from West African languages. There are also many words of Taino origin still heard and used.
Religion:
According to the 2001 census, Christianity is Anguilla's predominant religion, with 29 percent of the population practising Anglicanism. Another 23.9 percent are Methodist. Other churches on the island include Seventh-day Adventist, Baptist, Roman Catholic (served by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint John's - Basseterre, with see at Saint John on Antigua and Barbuda) and a community of Jehovah's Witnesses (0.7%). Between 1992 and 2001 the number of followers of the Church of God and Pentecostals increased considerably. There are at least 15 churches on the island. Although a minority on the island, it is an important location to followers of Rastafarian religion—Anguilla is the birthplace of Robert Athlyi Rogers, author of the Holy Piby which has had a strong influence on Rastafarian beliefs. Various other religions are practised as well. More recently, a Muslim cultural centre has opened on the island.
Economy:
The economy of Anguilla, which has few natural resources, depends heavily on luxury tourism, offshore banking, lobster fishing, and remittances from emigrants. Due to its small size and reliance on tourism and foreign direct investment, Anguilla is vulnerable to external economic conditions in the United States and Europe. Therefore, economic growth in Anguilla can be very volatile. Some 23% of the population suffers from poverty.
Sports:
From the gyms to the swims, visitors are welcome. As an island nation, Anguilla's interest in sports and athleticisim is above the average. While boat racing is our unique national sport, we have a passion for cricket, soccer, tennis, cycling, weightlifting and more.
Videos:
