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BY: BEN HYDE

Virgin Islands

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Music

Music has been changed by replacing the bass drum and the ukulele with the guitar tambourine and old tail pipes from cars.

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Food

Virgin Islands foods provide you with plenty of great choices . Choices in foods in the Virgin Islands are great; you can find just about every kind of cuisine here. Some examples are Fungi small dumpling like things. Also there is Johnny cakes which

are deep-fried biscuits. Food costs more due to shipping costs

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Languages

English 74,740 or 74.7%

Other Language 25,319 or 25.3% Spanish 16,788 or 16.8% French & French Creole 6,578 or 6.6% 

Other Indo-European 1,043 or 1%

Asian & Pacific Islands 262 or .3%

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Unique Sayings

Mocko Jumbies: Colorfully costumed stilt dancers, like the one in the picture above. They can be seen at carnival parades and other local events. The word jumbie refers to ghost-like spirits of West African belief.

Quelbe Is a style of music and dance. The musical sounds that are

danced to are made by scratching instruments made of hollowed out gourds. The band is called a scratch band.

Kenips Is a type of fruit. They have a green outer shell and a fleshy

edible meat around a large seed inside.

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Living Standards in the Virgin Islands

In the Virgin Islands the poverty level is very high with it being 28.9% (2002)

The life expectancy for an average woman in the Virgin Islands is about 82 for men about76.

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Living Standards (Continued)

The average yearly salary for a working civilian is about $49,712

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Thanks For Watching

I hope you learned something about the United States Virgin Islands

"Home | US Virgin Islands." Home | US Virgin Islands. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Apr. 2012. <http://www.visitusvi.com/>.

"Welcome to the Official Website of the BVI Tourist Board." Welcome to the Official Website of the BVI Tourist Board. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Apr. 2012. <http://www.bvitourism.com/>.