Word: marleys
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...people. To the Native Americans who lived there, it was a "land of wood and water." To today's locals, it is an island filled with spirit as well as a home filled with hardship and poverty. To tourists who visit, it is a place of sunshine and Bob Marley, a place to get high as a kite. To businessmen, it is the bauxite (a type of aluminum) capital of the world. To Led Zeppelin, it is the proper way to pronounce the title of their song, "D'yer Maker." Yet these many shades of Jamaica remain largely separate from...
...casting the odd glance at a "European" sunbather or two. Although the goal of a hard-earned Caribbean vacation may be relaxation, this sort of sendentary behavior would run counter to Jamaica's motto: "Out of many, one people." With a bit of "lively-in' up yourself"--to use Marley's words--the tourist can get his red-striped ass off the chaise longue, leave the white people behind for a while, and hang out with the locals...
Speaking of ganga, the night atmosphere in Negril has quite a different feel. The beach at Negril fills with beach bums, hustlers, and prostitutes who, mixed with the tourists, listen to reggae and puff joints, a scene more than one suburban teenager has imagined while listening to Marley or Jimmy Cliff. The most ubiquitous dealer on the beach goes by the name of Doctor Fabulous. "Da Doctor" is a self-assured smooth talker, a "Rastafarian who smoke da ganga anywhere, anytime." Along with his potentsmelling crop, Fabulous deals out lines like "Da doctor needs his patient...
...Kroft of the Jamaican Tourist Board says, "Jamaicans love their music. You will not stop hearing that reggae bass beat from the moment you set foot in Jamaica until you get back on the airplane to go home." Of the many reggae artists to come out of Jamaica, Bob Marley rules at home. His portrait hangs on every wall, his music is everywhere. He is a Rasta patron saint. The mix of joy and despair in his music appropriately captures the essence of the island...
...standing on Hill's front porch. Hill bought the house for her parents and has her own place nearby, but she's been living here as she readies herself for the birth of her child. Hill's mom helps with the baby, as does Hill's boyfriend Rohan Marley, the son of Bob Marley and the father of both Zion and Hill's unborn child. Hill says the two have "plans to marry" but no set date. In the meantime, she says, "I don't consider myself a single parent because my son's father is very much involved...