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The Rastafari movement was founded in Jamaica.
This Back to Africa movement believes that Haile Selassie of Ethiopia was God incarnate, the returned black messiah, come to take the lost Twelve Tribes of Israel back to live with him in Holy Mount Zion in a world of perfect peace, love and harmony.
Bob Marley, a convert to the faith, spread the message of Rastafari to the world.
There are now estimated to be more than a million Rastafarians throughout the world.
Though a small nation, Jamaica is rich in culture, and has a strong global presence.
The musical genres reggae, ska, mento, rocksteady, dub, and, more recently, dancehall and ragga all originated in the island's vibrant, popular urban recording industry.
Jamaica also played an important role in the development of punk rock, through reggae and ska.
Reggae has also influenced American rap music, as they both share their roots as rhythmic, African styles of music.
Some rappers, such as Foxy Brown and Heavy D, are of Jamaican descent.
Internationally known reggae musician Bob Marley was born in Jamaica and is very respected there.
Many other internationally known artists were born in Jamaica including Rebelution Lee "Scratch" Perry, Peter Tosh, Bunny Wailer, Big Youth, Jimmy Cliff, Dennis Brown, Desmond Dekker, Beres Hammond, Beenie Man, Shaggy, Tami Chynn, Tessanne Chin, Grace Jones, Shabba Ranks, Supercat, Buju Banton, Sean Paul, I Wayne, Bounty Killer and many others.
Famous band artist groups that came from Jamaica include Black Uhuru, Third World Band, Inner Circle, Chalice Reggae Band, Culture, Fab Five, and Morgan Heritage.
The genre jungle emerged from London's Jamaican diaspora.
The birth of hip-hop in New York also owed much to the city's Jamaican community.
Ian Fleming, who lived in Jamaica, repeatedly used the island as a setting in the James Bond novels, including Live and Let Die, Doctor No, For Your Eyes Only, The Man with the Golden Gun and Octopussy.
In addition, James Bond uses a Jamaica-based cover in Casino Royale.
So far, the only Bond film to have been set in Jamaica is Doctor No.
However, filming for the fictional island of San Monique in Live and Let Die took place in Jamaica.
The American film Cocktail, starring Tom Cruise, is one of the most popular films to depict Jamaica.
A look at delinquent youth in Jamaica is presented in the 1970s cops-and-robbers musical film The Harder They Come, starring Jimmy Cliff as a frustrated (and psychopathic) reggae musician who descends into a murderous crime spree.
Another popular Jamaican-based film is the 1993 comedy Cool Runnings which is loosely based on the true story of Jamaica's first bobsled team trying to make it in the Winter Olympics.
Errol Flynn lived with his third wife Patrice Wymore in Port Antonio in the 1950s.
He was responsible for developing tourism to this area, popularising raft trips down rivers on bamboo rafts.
National symbols
National Bird — Doctor Bird (Green-and-black Streamertail, Trochilus polytmus) .
National Flower — Lignum Vitae (Guaiacum officinale) .
National Tree — Blue Mahoe (Hibiscus elatus) .
National Dish — Ackee and Saltfish (dried salted Cod) .
National Motto — "Out of Many, One People." (Unity among many cultures and races.) .
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Source: CIA Factbook, Wikipedia
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