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<p>Coming out of the patriotic fervour of our ‘emancipendence’ season, naturally, we are still seething with national pride.</p>
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<p>While we're still donning our black, green and gold, let's look at all the reasons we love this little piece of the rock we call ‘Jah-Mek-Yah’. </p>
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<p>Some things evoke those nostalgic feelings that allow us to reconnect with our culture in ways that remind us, that despite our many challenges <strong><em>‘the land is green and the sun still shineth”</em></strong><em>.</em><strong><em> </em></strong></p>
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<p>So, let's see just how ‘Jamaican’ you are...(or for our international friends, if you qualify for a <strong><em>"Yardie Pass"</em></strong>)</p>
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<p>You’re not a real ‘yardie’ if you've never...</p>
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<ul><li>Played marble or ‘lastic’</li><li>Called someone of Chinese descent ‘Missa Chin’ </li><li>Pulled a loose tooth by tying a string to a doorknob and&nbsp;yanking it</li><li>‘Bade’ (bathe) a river</li><li>Run a boat (<em>A community pot-luck</em>)</li><li>Cuss some choice Jamaican <em>claat</em> or <em>bad wud</em> (expletives)!</li><li>Fly a kite during Easter</li><li>Played dandy-shandy as a child - or even as an adult! </li><li>Used a wire hanger to make an antenna for the TV</li><li>Went to a nine-night!</li><li>Went to a street-dance </li><li>Rubbed Vaseline on a burn as a child</li><li>Thrown your newly dislodged tooth on the housetop </li><li>Told or listened to a duppy story</li><li>Had an encounter wid a duppy!</li><li>For our ladies - worn ‘chiney bump’ after getting your hair washed</li><li>‘Bade’ in a pan</li><li>Ate a sky juice (snowcone with a <em>"Yardie twist"</em>)</li><li>Ate a ‘suck-suck’, kisko or King Kong</li><li>Wrapped your school books with either newspaper or brown paper bag</li><li>Stolen a piece of meat from your mother’s/granny's pot</li><li>Shared a patty with a friend</li><li>Boom (jumped) a fence</li><li>Played ‘las lick’ with your friends after school</li></ul>
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<ul class="wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped"><li class="blocks-gallery-item"><figure><img src="https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/Dandy-Shandy-1.jpg" alt="" data-id="1187" data-link="https://buzz-caribbean.com/?attachment_id=1187" class="wp-image-1187" /><figcaption>Children playing dandy shandy (Source: Children Play - Raymond Knight)</figcaption></figure></li><li class="blocks-gallery-item"><figure><img src="https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/Jamaican-suck-suck.jpg" alt="" data-id="1188" data-link="https://buzz-caribbean.com/?attachment_id=1188" class="wp-image-1188" /><figcaption>Jamaican suck-suck</figcaption></figure></li><li class="blocks-gallery-item"><figure><img src="https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/07/Share-A-Patty-1024x658.jpg" alt="" data-id="1190" data-link="https://buzz-caribbean.com/?attachment_id=1190" class="wp-image-1190" /><figcaption>Delicious Jamaican patty</figcaption></figure></li></ul>
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<p><em>How many did you cover on the list?</em></p>
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