Pudding Debate Splits Island Nation

It is not a cricket or policy that triggers the most daring controversy in Antigua and Barbuda.

It is an integral part of your favorite national dish.

Whether “Dujana” is a sweet potato and coconut dumpling, the lack of raisins or lack of raisins should be divided into ten years.

Piquant pudding is one of the most foods that are widely eaten in the Caribbean in Africa and so far.

And it seems to be established to re-submit a screamed dispute to enter an inventory of cultural heritage created.

Antigua and Barbuda’s traditional dish is only one side of the work to protect different features for the offspring of Twin Isles.

The inventory will include its unique dialect, shrub medicine, games, art, architectural and boat building techniques.

The United Nations-funded mammoth entity, UNESCO, concerns that lost the main elements of the country’s cultural identity, explain the project leader Dr. Hazra Medica.

“There is no longer the transmission of traditional knowledge of young people than the elderly,” he told BBC.

“After that, we begin to lose feeling that we are. The foreign influences can dilute in local culture and afraid to be lost in people’s unique Antigua.”

Collecting special trained information, all kilograms, stories, photos and information collecting special trained information related to the interview of residents collected. The results will clearly enter the public in a public database.

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The books of the former school teacher are very focused on the country’s creole / English dialect of the country, which weaving in many African words from Antiguans.

English can be a major language, but used regularly to show patois, kinship and camaraderie, speaking rapidly.

“When the British brought Africans here, they could not speak English, and the British could not speak African..

“To communicate, Africans borrowed several dictionaries from the British and combined their pronunciation and syntax to form something.

Before several generations, Antiguan was led by the dialect and the children were generally banned talking to school. Today, those who look below the nose, MS Lourrence Loffs.

“Our forefrontts worked hard for the coin in this language,” he said. “This is our first language; What do we do not protect our? This is not a written language and how you lived, but I have a rhythm and I am proud of it.”

The dialect is characterized by the “economy of words” and sparse pronouns, and it continues.

We don’t waste time to say “nothing ‘;’ Tarl ‘we say.

The dialect is used for “emphasis, clarity and strengthening” in places such as school and church. “Because we think this,” said MS Lawrence.

Detention of something “correct” method of reducing some cultural practices that believed in Dr. Medica believed.

“Muncee” is another subject of a corn paste that is full of mother continent, and this is another theme of another friendly pastine to add.

“It’s the idea that it should be done and always. Sometimes young people go to” correct “from not doing that.

“We saw in the seminars ‘Fungee War’. Antiguans, Barbuals added some gases in shock, and there should be Okra there,” Dr. Medica smiles.

Novella Payne – Kim, who gave a number of rivers, sauces and spices under the Granma Aki brand, learned everything he knew everything he knew, but called “own twirling” to the recipes worthy.

“Voting Antiguan is something separate from each other – garlic, onion, thyme and spice pepper.”

Many of MS Payne are used to use things for a long time to cough and treat everything for fever and nausea. Amderop, Lemongrass, Noni and Moringa regularly appear in its syrups and juices.

“Our dinner should be protected and protected because of our delicious, nutritious and our culture and our heritage.”

Recently, the project recently protects the art of preparing the traditional broom in Antigua’s sister Isle, Barbuda, Dwight Benjamin.

Mr. Benjamin uses sun-dried palm leaves for two days that the sun should be dried to prepare hair before a stick made of a bay tree.

The professional by the profession, which still prepares and selling a broom, and the techniques given to them by Mr. Benjamin.

Barbuda says they are in high demand among the residents.

“I can be biased, but I find them more effective than the storey sweeps – you feel the difference when using them. They also cover more places.”

“It is no longer widely applied, but this is something we are sensitive and documented. I hope my son will take it.”

For Dr Medica, the project still has deeper importance.

“When I talk about culture in the Caribbean Islands, we said to forget about our colonial and influence.” He does not have memory. “

“Something that is a great deal of this work is a great proof of the African cultural maintenance. As a nation we can doubt, ‘it’ ‘

“When someone has treated you unfairly, we call me smaddy (someone) says. “And that’s all the project; this is a claim for the personality.”