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BITS OF CULTURE - Bermuda |
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Official language: English
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- Wedding cakes of islanders are topped with a tiny sapling.
After the wedding reception, the newlyweds plant the young
tree at their home, where they watch it grow, as their marriage
grows.
- Bermudian newlyweds freeze the top half of their cake
until they bring it out to celebrate the christening of
the first-born. (In addition, the bride’s veil is
also used as a shroud for the baby.)
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- Johnny-cakes - cornmeal griddle cakes with peas and rice
- are popular everyday.
- The most traditional meal is Sunday codfish breakfast,
a huge affair consisting of codfish, eggs, boiled Irish
potatoes, bananas, avocado, with a sauce of onions and tomatoes.
- Cassava pie is a Christmas tradition and signifies the
special significance the vegetable has for Bermudians, since
it is credited with having helped early settlers get through
periods of famine
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- Judges still wear powdered wigs.
- Bobbies direct traffic.
- Cricket is the most popular sport.
- Kite flying at Easter is a custom that is observed on
Bermuda.
- Before refrigeration, most homes had a separate structure
called a buttery, always detached from the house. This is
an old English expression that meant a place for making
or storing butter and milk but became a pantry or larder.
But the name was for a minaret shaped structure that was
used to store perishable and other food in hot weather
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