Bahamas

The Bahamas celebrates Junkanoo, straw craft and Afro-Bahamian seafaring traditions.

Music & dance Crafts Games & sport Food & cooking

Knowledge in this place

Junkanoo

A masquerade parade of crepe-paper costumes, goatskin drums, cowbells and brass.

Straw work

Plaiting of palm and sisal straw into hats, bags and baskets by Bahamian artisans.

Rake-and-scrape music

Rake-and-scrape music

A folk music made by scraping a saw with a screwdriver alongside goatskin drum and accordion.

Bahamian sloop sailing

Bahamian sloop sailing

Traditional wooden sloop building and racing kept alive at island regattas.

Conch cuisine

Conch cuisine

Preparing queen conch as salad, fritters or stew, a staple of Bahamian foodways.