Nassau is Bahamas' capital and largest city. The city has a population of 180,000. Nassau is located on the island of New Providence and has an attractive and busy port. The tropical climate and the Bahamas' natural beauty has made Nassau a popular tourist destination.
Nassau was founded by the British in the mid-17th century as Charles Towne, but was renamed to its present name in the 1695. The language is English with a particular dialect. Driving Direction is in the left-hand as in England. The population is primarily Christian and very religious.
In the less developed outer islands, including craft baskets made of palm leaves. This material, called "straw", is plaited into hats and bags and sold them in straw market, it is popular tourist spots in Nassau. Another use is for so-called "Voodoo Doll", even if they are puppets of the American imagination and not based on historical facts.
Although not native Bahamians, a form of folk magic, Obeah comes from West African origin, in some Family Islands (islands off-practiced) in the Bahamas because of the Haitian migration practices. Junkanoo is a street parade with traditional African music, dance and art held in Nassau (and a few other settlements) every other day of Christmas,and New Year. Junkanoo is also used to celebrate other holidays and events like Emancipation Day.
The climate of the Bahamas is subtropical to tropical and is moderated significantly by the waters of the Gulf Stream, especially in winter. Conversely, this often proves very dangerous in the summer and autumn, when hurricanes pass near or over the islands. Hurricane Andrew hit the northern islands of the Atlantic hurricane season, Hurricane Floyd struck in 1992 and most of the islands during the Atlantic hurricane season in 1999.
One of the most prosperous countries in the Caribbean, the Bahamas depends on tourism to generate most of its business. Tourism as an industry not only represents more than 60 percent of GDP but employs more Bahamian than half its workforce. An example of tourism in the Bahamas, braided, the number of cruise ships landing in the capital, Nassau, where tourists go to the straw market to buy various products or their hair. After tourism, the main economic sector of the financial services, which account for about 15 percent of GDP.
Nassau was founded by the British in the mid-17th century as Charles Towne, but was renamed to its present name in the 1695. The language is English with a particular dialect. Driving Direction is in the left-hand as in England. The population is primarily Christian and very religious.
In the less developed outer islands, including craft baskets made of palm leaves. This material, called "straw", is plaited into hats and bags and sold them in straw market, it is popular tourist spots in Nassau. Another use is for so-called "Voodoo Doll", even if they are puppets of the American imagination and not based on historical facts.
Although not native Bahamians, a form of folk magic, Obeah comes from West African origin, in some Family Islands (islands off-practiced) in the Bahamas because of the Haitian migration practices. Junkanoo is a street parade with traditional African music, dance and art held in Nassau (and a few other settlements) every other day of Christmas,and New Year. Junkanoo is also used to celebrate other holidays and events like Emancipation Day.
The climate of the Bahamas is subtropical to tropical and is moderated significantly by the waters of the Gulf Stream, especially in winter. Conversely, this often proves very dangerous in the summer and autumn, when hurricanes pass near or over the islands. Hurricane Andrew hit the northern islands of the Atlantic hurricane season, Hurricane Floyd struck in 1992 and most of the islands during the Atlantic hurricane season in 1999.
One of the most prosperous countries in the Caribbean, the Bahamas depends on tourism to generate most of its business. Tourism as an industry not only represents more than 60 percent of GDP but employs more Bahamian than half its workforce. An example of tourism in the Bahamas, braided, the number of cruise ships landing in the capital, Nassau, where tourists go to the straw market to buy various products or their hair. After tourism, the main economic sector of the financial services, which account for about 15 percent of GDP.
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