How Well Have You Explored the Caribbean Island of Barbados!
Amruta Deshpande
Test your knowledge about Barbados with this interesting challenge! All the best!
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Previously known as "The Town of Saint Michael", Bridgetown is not only the capital city but also the largest city of Barbados containing one third of the country's population.
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The island of Barbados is further divided into sub regions which are known as parishes. The term Parish comes from the historic English influence on the island.
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Owing to its British heritage, cricket is very popular in the island. However, rugby, polo, horse racing, basketball are some other popular sports in Barbados.
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The Barbados national flag has 2 vertical stripes of ultramarine Blue and one of Gold and a black broken trident head in the center.
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Robyn Rihanna Fenty, popular as "Rihanna" was born in Saint Michael, Barbados on 20 February 1988. February 22nd is celebrated as 'Rihanna Day' in Barbados to honour the singer.
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The little Caribbean island of Barbados is known as the place of origin of Rum and produces the oldest rum in the world.
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In 2004, Tiger Woods, the famous golfer and Elin Nordegren, a Swedish model, were married on this beautiful Caribbean island of Barbados.
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Although referred to as Barbadians, most locals prefer to be called as Bajans as they feel the term resonates with their culture which is deep-rooted spiritually and with religious consciousness.
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Barbados is rich in pirate history! There were times when pirates actually dominated and terrorized ships in the Caribbean region.
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Portuguese navigator Pedro A. Campos named the island inspired from the fig trees present which had a bearded appearance.
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