Bermuda

PEOPLE OF BERMUDA

Bermudians were traders and were known for building swift ships for carrying large cedar across the land of West Indies and west to the United States. Bermuda people are known for their practicality, especially of a cosmopolitan nature, famous for their witty intelligence. There are about 67,000 people who traveled till here and whose inheritance can be well traced from Britain, to Africa, to the Azores, North America and the West Indies.

ARTS, CULTURE AND MUSIC OF BERMUDA

Art: Visit the Bermuda Festival of the Performing Arts, which is held during winter season where one can catch up with the local theater, dance, art and music.

The Bermuda National Gallery exhibits primitive European paintings, African masks and sculptures; Bermudian furnishings; and historic paintings.

Do visit the Bermuda Glassblowing Studio At Bailey's Bay where you can gaze how the local artists collect, theme based color and shapes the hot glass with traditional techniques.

The life-size bronze sculptures of human figure can be well enjoyed at the Desmond Fountain Gallery.

Culture: Learn about the cultural aspect of Bermuda who originated from African and European descent. The Asians thrived in small percentage within the population. The localities were fun loving and peaceful people who loved protocol, pomp and ceremony.

Kite flying was a major custom that was followed during the easter months.

Music: The tradition music of the island came from the Irish and Scottish descendants, who brought in steelpan, calypso, choral and bagpipe music. The island is known for gospel music, drum majorette bands, reggae, jazz and much more.

Find Caribbean music groups especially the famous Bermuda Strollers thriving within United States. One gets to mesmerize in the folk ethnicity through the pipe bands, the ballad song and the gombey dance, which includes rhythmic chanting and rapid drumbeat.

FLAG OF BERMUDA

The Bermuda Flag came into existence on 4 October 1910. The flag is designed with British Red Ensign with Union Flag in upper left corner and in the lower right exists the Bermuda coat of arm symbol.

ECONOMY OF BERMUDA

The existing currency exchanges are done in Bermuda dollar, which is slightly different to the American dollar. The economic growth of Bermuda mainly depends on international business with thriving companies like Accenture Ltd., Tyco International Ltd., Foster Wheeler Ltd., Ingersoll-Rand Company Ltd and many others. Apart from this , the economy thrives on tourism and exports of manufactured goods and foodstuffs and fishes.

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