Grenada is a beautiful island blessed with a breathtakingly rich interior, lovely beaches as well as flavourful food. however the people right here are what make the Island of flavor so unique. Grenadians are without a question a few of the friendliest people in the Caribbean.
The island is made risk-free by their calm as well as unwinded nature as well as they feel obligated to treat every visitor as an honoured guest. They understand that they online on the very best island in the world as well as they’re always pleased to share it.
But there are some unique, funny, unusual as well as fascinating things that Grenadian people say, as well as do. In this short article I’m going to listing a few of our favourites.
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1. Dey “high”
In Grenada, the word “high” refers to really being high on drugs and being drunk. So if you hear a Grenadian state “I was so high last night”, they’re most likely speaking about drinking alcohol. After dark as well as around carnival time, the whole island seems to be a bit “high”.
2. Liming as well as Cooking
Basically, to “lime” implies to hangout. You can lime with good friends or family, with one or two people, however you can’t lime alone! You can lime at a beach, someone’s home, the side of the road or a bar, as well as there will normally be food as well as drinks involved.
Grenadians like to hangout as well as delight in costs time with close friends, as well as they particularly like to cook a pot. You can “have a cook” on a secluded beach or you can “pack the pot” as well as bring it to one of the points, a friend’s home or anywhere you plan to lime.
Grilling over a terminate is popular, as is making a one-pot dish, such as an oil down (Grenada’s national dish), or waters (which is a soup full of whatever is on hand).
3. J’ouvert is Mad!
The people of the flavor Isle are absolutely mad about carnival as well as while not everybody attends J’ouvert (the climax of the celebrations), many would agree that it is a spectacle not to be missed.
Generally, the much more religious Grenadian people are put off by the whining (sexual dancing), filthy music, as well as copious amounts of rum that is consumed during the festival.
Photo By: Arthur Daniels
However, the history as well as culture surrounding the carnival events is something that everybody can appreciate. We’ve always delighted in our time spent at carnival — including the costumes, music as well as general vibe of the island during that time. Click right here to checked out about our experience at J’ouvert.
4. A worry of Snakes
Most people on the island refer to snakes as serpents as well as although all of the types are harmless here, in our experience, many Grenadians will have a “kill it as well as ask concerns later” approach.
This is regrettable since they have some lovely tree boas on the island as well as numerous garden snakes, however if they slither past a Grenadian with a machete they most likely won’t get far…
5. guy bring Cutlass (Machete)
This may be a bit intimidating for first-time visitors to the island — particularly if you’re from a country where it’s not customary to see people bring big knives.
In Grenada, cutlass are an extremely helpful tool — from cutting back bush to make a path, or to open up coconuts, there are numerous uses.
Pretty much every guy on the island has a machete as well as they bring them many of the time. You’ll see people walking on the street with them, in the bush, on the beach as well as even in town sometimes.
6. Centipedes in Rum
As a traveler you won’t likely see a centipede in a bottle of rum. These are typically kept under the counter at the most regional of rum shacks.
Grenada does have the largest centipede types in the world, the Amazonian huge Centipede. These weird crawlies are incredibly venomous as well as while they aren’t able to kill an adult human, the insect itself can grow to a foot long as well as they have a nasty bite.
Putting centipedes in rum is unlawful in Grenada, however if you handle to discover it “under d counter” you may be in for a treat as Grenadians promise by it.
7. They Make the very best Rum
If you spend sufficient time at a rum shack in Grenada, you’ll most likely end up hearing an disagreement about the very best method to distill as well as process rum as well as which location the very best rum comes from (we’ve experienced this very first hand).
GREnadiané mají rádi jejich rum a také se věnují hrdosti na jejich historii vytváření. Nezapomeňte některé ochutnat, když jste na ostrově, a také přesně vidět, jak se vyrábí.
Naše preferovaná značka je Westerhall, ale také Clarkův soud i řeky.
8. Grenadians jsou nesmírně náboženští
Katolická víra je na ostrově nesmírně silná, přičemž 44,6% lidí se prohlašuje, že jsou římskokatolickým, zatímco 44,3% je protestantských a zbytek je kombinací dalších náboženství, včetně Rastafariánských, muslimů a svědků Jehovových.
V každodenním projevu uslyšíte Grenadians využívat náboženské fráze jako „mít požehnaný den“, „Prosím Bože“, „Chvála Boha“ atd. V neděli uvidíte mnoho lidí oblečených v jejich nejlepších oděvech, které dělají jejich metodu a také z kostel.
9. Cookoo nad kakaem
Grenada byla, když byl největší producent muškátového muškátového na světě, protože hurikán Ivan v roce 2004, mnoho z nejlepších ostrovních plantáží ostrova bylo zničeno a během devastace se nikdy neobnovilo. Naštěstí ostrov vytváří několik nejlepších kakaa a syrovou čokoládu na světě.
Zatímco na ostrově je několik producentů (Jouvay, Grenada Chocolate Company, Crayfish Bay a Tri Island), naším preferovaným je 100% organická čokoláda, která pochází z Estate Belmont. Opravdu nemůžete porazit 60% i 70% barů, solenou čokoládu, stejně jako jejich kakaový čaj (konvenční nápoj v Grenadě). Je to to nejlepší na ostrově.
10. Grenadians jsou přátelští
Nemohu to uvést dost, Grenada je všemi zvláštnějšími lidmi z ostrova. Nyní, abyste byli spravedliví, v provozních okolnostech (v obchodě s potravinami i v některých restauracích), můžete získat nějakou nevrlou službu, ale mimo to zjistíte, že lidé jsou nesmírně přátelští.
Grenadians jsou o úctě, stejně jako pokud jste laskaví a dobře vychovaní (což byste měli být!), Nakonec budete mít nějaké extrémně pozitivní zkušenosti. Co poskytujete, obdržíte. Na ostrově jsme si udělali řadu celoživotních dobrých přátel a vždy se cítíme vítáni, i když jsme na bláznivých oslavách, jako je J’ouvert v Carnivalu.
Přijďte na ostroh chuti a objevte četné věci, díky nimž jsou grenadiánské lidi tak zvláštními.
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