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Index Of Barbados-related Articles
The following is an alphabetical list of topics related to the nation of Barbados. 0–9 * .bb–Internet country code top-level domain for Barbados * +1 246 (area code) * 1898 Windward Islands Hurricane * 3Ws Oval * 2006 WGC-World Cup * 2010 Barbados Premier Division * 2011 Barbados Premier Division * 2014 Barbados Premier Division * 2014 Race of Champions * 2015 Barbados Premier Division * 2016 Barbados FA Cup * 2016 Barbados Premier Division * 2017 Barbados Premier League A *ABC Highway * Andromeda Gardens * Anglican Church of Barbados * Anglo-America * Animal Flower Cave * Architecture of Barbados * Area code 246 * Army of Barbados * Athletics Association of Barbados * Atlantic Shores, Barbados * Atlas of Barbados * Attorney-General of Barbados * Australia–Barbados relations B * Bajan * Bajan Creole * Bajan stick licking * Banks Barbados Brewery * Bank holiday * Banks Sports and Cultural Club * Bannatyne, Barbados * Barbadian Brazilians * Barbadian B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ABC Highway
The ABC Highway is the main urban highway in Barbados. Opened in 1989, it is named after three famous Barbadian politicians: John Michael Geoffrey Manningham ("Tom") Adams, Errol Barrow, and Hugh Gordon Cummins. From the east, the highway stretches from the Grantley Adams International Airport in Christ Church, to the western end at Cave Hill Road and University Drive, Cave Hill Campus, University of the West Indies, in Saint Michael. It roughly encircles the Parish of Saint Michael and the wider metropolitan area of Bridgetown. Route description The highway consists of two-lane and dual carriageway sections with at-grade intersections, mostly roundabouts. A 2006–2007 expansion project enlarged some areas, and there was some public sentiment voiced in local media about the project's lack of a competitive tender process or studies to justify costs. The construction and widening of the ABC Highway from the Darcy Scott Roundabout in Warrens, St. Michael to the Garfield Sobe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bajan Stick Licking
Bajan sticklicking (often spelled stick-licking) is the traditional form of stick fighting in Barbados. It is a stick fighting martial art that has its roots from Africa, where two participants used fire-hardened wooden sticks, varying in length as weapons and carrying out fighting techniques. This art most likely came to Barbados during the 16th century through the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. The earliest reference to stick fighting in the Caribbean was from a lithograph completed in Dominica in 1779 by an Italian artist, Agostino Brunias. In the image, there are two persons in the middle and other stick fighters and watchers gathered around them; some who are willing to fight and others that are old and experienced observing and refereeing the fight. Stickfighting started to spread across the region with each culture having its own name. In Guadeloupe, its name was , while in Haiti and Trinidad, there were similar names, kalinda and kalenda respectively (Guyana – Setu; Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bajan Creole
Bajan , or Bajan Dialect, is an English-based creole language with African and British influences spoken on the Caribbean island of Barbados. Bajan is primarily a spoken language, meaning that in general, standard English is used in print, in the media, in the judicial system, in government, and in day-to-day business, while Bajan is reserved for less formal situations, in music, or in social commentary. Ethnologue reports that, as of 2018, 30,000 Barbadians were native English speakers, while 260,000 natively spoke Bajan. Languages Bajan is the Caribbean creole with grammar that most resembles Standard English. There is academic debate on whether its creole features are due to an earlier pidgin state or to some other reason, such as contact with neighbouring English-based creole languages. Due to emigration to the Province of Carolina, Bajan has influenced American English and the Gullah language spoken in the Carolinas. Regionally, Bajan has ties to Belizean and Guyanese Cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia–Barbados Relations
Foreign relations exist between Australia and Barbados. Neither country has a resident ambassador. The regional Australian High Commissioner to Barbados is accredited from Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago. Barbados is represented in Australia through its High Commission in Ottawa, (Canada). Barbados maintains an honorary consul and a tourist office in Australia. Barbados and Australia established diplomatic relations on 7 January 1974. Both countries are members of the Commonwealth of Nations, and comprised as former parts of the British Empire. History Barbados and Australia established diplomatic relations on 7 January 1974 with J. C. Ingram as the first High Commissioner. In 2001, Winfred Peppinck was appointed as High Commissioner. From 1994 to 2004 Australia's High Commission in the Caribbean was resident in Bridgetown, Barbados. At that point the regional mission moved to Port of Spain in Trinidad and Tobago; due in part to the robust trade by Australian companies with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Attorney-General Of Barbados
The Attorney-General of Barbados is the primary legal advisor to the Government of Barbados. Legal basis According to Article 72 of the Constitution of Barbados, the Attorney-General holds ministerial rank in the government. He may, in the case of certain offences, give general or special directions to the Director of Public Prosecutions, which the latter must follow. List of attorneys-general *Robert Hooper c.1693 *Edward Chilton, 1698 to 1705 *Thomas Hodges, FRS ?1706 to ?1721 *Jonathan Blenman, 1726 to *Blenman 1728 to *Timothy Blenman, 1741 to *Henry Beckles, 1770 to 1772 *Robert Burnett *Anthony Chester *Robert Burnett Jones *John Beckles, 1807 to 1823 *Matthew Coulthurst, to 1824 *Samuel Hinds, 1824 to 1826 *Henry Edward Sharpe, 1826 to 1828 *John Paynter Musson, 1828 to 1831 *Henry Edward Sharpe, 1831 to c. 1838 *post of Attorney-General of Barbados vacant, c. 1838 to 1841 *Henry Edward Sharpe, 1841 to 1846 *John Sealy, 1846 to >1869 *Francis Fleming, 1878 to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlas Of Barbados
An atlas is a collection of maps; it is typically a bundle of maps of Earth or of a region of Earth. Atlases have traditionally been bound into book form, but today many atlases are in multimedia formats. In addition to presenting geographic features and political boundaries, many atlases often feature geopolitical, social, religious and economic statistics. They also have information about the map and places in it. Etymology The use of the word "atlas" in a geographical context dates from 1595 when the German-Flemish geographer Gerardus Mercator published ("Atlas or cosmographical meditations upon the creation of the universe and the universe as created"). This title provides Mercator's definition of the word as a description of the creation and form of the whole universe, not simply as a collection of maps. The volume that was published posthumously one year after his death is a wide-ranging text but, as the editions evolved, it became simply a collection of maps and it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlantic Shores, Barbados
Atlantic Shores is a populated place in the parish of Christ Church, Barbados. It is a coastal area with beaches located on the south coast of Barbados. Community Atlantic Shores has a neighborhood watch program. A neighborhood recycling program was launched in January 2016 by the neighborhood watch program. Business There are rental apartments in Atlantic Shores. South Point Light The South Point Light is a lighthouse in Atlantic Shores that is the oldest lighthouse out of the four that exist in the island country. South Point Light is located in the "southernmost point of land in Barbados." The lighthouse is 89 feet in height, and was assembled in 1852 after previously being displayed at London's Great Exhibition in 1851. South Point Light was originally constructed in England using cast iron, and was shipped to Atlantic Shores in 1851. See also * List of cities, towns and villages in Barbados This is a list of cities, towns and villages in Barbados. Barbados is a sovere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics Association Of Barbados
The Athletics Association of Barbados (AAB) is the governing body for the sport of athletics in Barbados. History AAB was founded in 1947 as Amateur Athletic Association of Barbados (AAAB), and was affiliated to the IAAF in 1966. In 2012, the name was changed to Athletics Association of Barbados. Esther Maynard has been president of the association since 2004 and was re-elected in 2008. General Secretary Catherine Jordan assumed office in January 2013. Affiliations AAB is the national member federation for Barbados in the following international organisations: *International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) *North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletic Association (NACAC) *Association of Panamerican Athletics (APA) *Central American and Caribbean Athletic Confederation (CACAC) Moreover, it is part of the following national organisations: *Barbados Olympic Association (BOA) National records AAB maintains the Barbadian records in athleti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Army Of Barbados
The military history of Barbados comprises hundreds of years of military activity on the island of Barbados, as well as international military and peacekeeping operations in which Barbadians took part. Colonial history Throughout the colonial history of Barbados, Britain routinely stationed large segments of its West India regimental troops on the island of Barbados. The troops acted principally as a force to secure the island against any invasion by other European powers as well as to help protect other neighbouring British territories in the Eastern Caribbean from invasion. Militia numbers were substantially increased after a series of slave revolts in the West Indies—including Barbados—during the first quarter of the 19th century. So successful were British colonial troop deployments to Barbados, it has been said that Barbados is the only country in the Caribbean region never to have changed hands since the British first landed and established the city of Jamestown (aroun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Architecture Of Barbados
The architecture of Barbados is a reflection of the country's cultural and political history. Originating from the seventeenth-century, the buildings located in Barbados can be seen as being heavily influenced by British colonial and West African architecture. During the official British colonisation of Barbados in 1627, the architecture on the island became dominated by British and West African influences. The British Settlers brought West African slaves onto the island for the purpose of cultivating the land for industry in order to achieve economical and financial gain for Britain. The emergence of sugar plantations during this time, marked the beginning of European and West African architectural influence on Barbados. Characteristic of this time period, are the large structures constructed for the use of plantations houses by the British. These houses were constructed using methods and layouts consistent with the Georgian and Jacobean architecture of English heritage. The financ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Animal Flower Cave
The Animal Flower Cave is located under the cliffs at North Point, St. Lucy, Barbados. It is the island's lone accessible sea cave. It was discovered by its seaward entrance in 1780 by two English explorers. The cave stands six feet above the high water mark although it was formed at sea level. This has occurred because Barbados is rising at 1 inch per 1000 years. There are coral steps which lead down through an opening in the roof (former blowhole) into the cave, these steps were built in 1912. Inside the cave, still found are some sea anemones, which are locally called animal flowers, whence the cave obtained its name. Sea Anemone The flower consists of tentacles that can sting and paralyze a passing fish in the larger variety of species. The tentacles retract into the stalk or stump for safety on contact with an alien object like a stick. The flower then waits a while before coming out of the stalk again to allow danger to pass. Cave's floor The cave has a coral flo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
