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Jamaican Culture

Our ancestors from Africa, Europe and Asia have helped shape Jamaica, and make it the multifaceted mosaic of international customs and traditions it is today.

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Our creativity is perhaps most tangible in our visual art, which uses our country's inspirational palette to give a physical reflection of everything we are, have been and will be. > Learn More

Ys or Wyess: “YS” is the name of the estate and river near to Middle Quarters, St. Elizabeth. The origin of the name is uncertain as on early maps it is spelled Wyess and is said to be derived from a Gaelic word meaning wind. It is possible that the “YS” was originally the estate mark which would have been stamped on hogsheads of sugar.

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