Bahamian Family: Customs and Traditions

The artist Phil Stubbs states he is proud to be a ____________.

• Born again

• Beautiful creature

• Bahamian

• Rich

What is a custom?

• The way people do things in a particular place

• The way in which people save money

• The way we treat others who visit a country

• The love for nature and spiritual things

What is a tradition

• Behavior passed down through generations

• Rules of a country

• The way clothes are made

• A large family gathering

Explain the difference between custom and tradition

• habitual way of doing something becomes a learned behavior passed down through generations

• One is short term and the other is long term

• One is to show others and the other is in your family

Which is NOT an example of a Bahamian custom?

• Regatta

• Attending Junkanoo

• Wake

• Storytelling (Folklore)

Provide an example of tradition

• Bahamian diet (food)

• Praying at the opening of a ceremony

• Bush medicine

• Junkanoo

The belief in something means

• To wait patiently and pray about it

• To accept it is true without evidence or proof

• To have a strong feeling things would go your way

• To prepare for something that will come to you

Which is NOT an example of a belief

• Obeah

• Religion

• Superstition

• Conch salad with mayo

Name a bush used as medicine

• Aloe

• Breadfruit

• Ceresee

• Pear

Which bush medicine is good for skin, blood and burns

• Fever grass

• Mango

• Cerasee

• Aloe Vera