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- Children are expected to be obedient, polite and respectful
towards their elders and to learn discipline and compromise
at home and in school. Bajans feel that children's behavior
in public reflects on the reputation of their parents.
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- The national dish of Barbados is flying fish and cou
cou. Cou cou is a mashed potato-like dish made from corn
meal and okra. It is covered with an au jus made from the
flying fish preparation.
- Pudding and souse is also distinctly Barbadian .
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- On a per capita basis, Bajans boast more world-class cricket
players than any other nation.
- Barbados – the general consensus is that this was
derived from the fascination of the Iberians with the pendulous,
aerial roots of the Bearded Fig Tree (A Ficus) which are
reminiscent of a long, thick beard. "Barba" means
beard and "barbados" translates to the "bearded
ones"...hence the Island of "Barbados."
- Barbados Synagogue, the second oldest synagogue in the
western hemisphere, is in Bridgetown.
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