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1. British Virgin Islander Culture:
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2. A Strategic Profile of British
 
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3. BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS: An entry
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4. Take Me to My Paradise: Tourism
 
5. EDUCATION WEEK, MARCH 10-17, 1985.

1. British Virgin Islander Culture: Music of the Virgin Islands, Culture of the Virgin Islands, Flag of the British Virgin Islands, Fungi
Paperback: 32 Pages (2010-09-15)
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Asin: 1156990556
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Chapters: Music of the Virgin Islands, Culture of the Virgin Islands, Flag of the British Virgin Islands, Fungi, Coat of Arms of the British Virgin Islands, Hiho. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 30. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The music of the Virgin Islands reflects long-standing cultural ties to the island nations to the south as well as to various European colonialists. Though the United States Virgin Islands and British Virgin Islands are politically separate, they maintain close cultural ties. From its neighbors, the Virgin Islands has imported various pan-Caribbean genres of music, including calypso from Trinidad and reggae from Jamaica. The major indigenous form of music is the scratch band (also called fungi band in the British Virgin Islands), which use improvised instruments like gourds and washboards to make a kind of music called quelbe. A Virgin Island folk song called cariso is also popular, as well as St. Thomas' bamboula. The quadrille is the traditional folk dance of the islands, and include varieties like St. Croix's Imperial Quadrille and St. Thomas' Flat German Quadrille. The Heritage Dancers are a respected dance troupe that perform traditional folk dances from the Virgin Islands and beyond. Virgin Islander culture is syncretic, based primarily on African and European cultures. Though the Danish controlled the present-day U.S. Virgin Islands for many years, the dominant language has been an English-based Creole since the 19th century, and the islands remain much more receptive to English language popular culture than any other. The Dutch, the French and the Danish also contributed elements to the island's culture, as have immigrants from the Arab world, India and other Caribbean islands. The single largest influence on modern Virgin Islander culture, howe...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=920665 ... Read more


2. A Strategic Profile of British Virgin Islands, 2000 edition (Strategic Planning Series)
by The British Virgin Islands Research Grou, The British Virgin Islands Research Group
Ring-bound: 35 Pages (2000-04-25)
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Asin: 0741822911
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British Virgin Islands has recently come to the attention to global strategic planners.This report puts these executives on the fast track.Ten chapters provide: an overview of how to strategically access this important market, a discussion on economic fundamentals, marketing & distribution options, export and direct investment options, and full risk assessments (political, cultural, legal, human resources).Ample statistical benchmarks and comparative graphs are given. ... Read more


3. BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS: An entry from Macmillan Reference USA's <i>Countries and Their Cultures</i>
by COLLEEN BALLERINO COHEN, MICHAEL E. O'NEAL
 Digital: 9 Pages (2001)
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This digital document is an article from Countries and Their Cultures, brought to you by GaleĀ®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 1125 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.Covers the broad range of popular religious culture of the United States at the close of the twentieth century. Beliefs, practices, symbols, traditions, movements, organizations, and leaders from the many traditions in the pluralistic American community are represented. Also includes cults and phenomena that drew followers, such as Heaven's Gale and UFOs. ... Read more


4. Take Me to My Paradise: Tourism and Nationalism in the British Virgin Islands
by Colleen Ballerino Cohen
Paperback: 288 Pages (2010-10-24)
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Asin: 0813548101
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The British Virgin Islands (BVI) markets itself to international visitors as a paradise. But just whose paradise is it? Take Me to My Paradise looks at the many players in the BVI tourism culture, including immigrants working in a tourism economy, nationalists struggling to maintain some control, and the anthropologist trying to make sense of it all. The result is a richly detailed and accessible ethnography on the impact of tourism on a country that came into being as a tourist destination. ... Read more


5. EDUCATION WEEK, MARCH 10-17, 1985.
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