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CULTURE
Religion
Culture in General, Cultural Events, National Holidays
Museums, historical buildings
Junkanoo
Music
Arts - Galleries, painters, poets, handicraft etc.
Film, Theatre
Collections
National Symbols: Anthem, Flag, Coat of Arms
Obeah, Voodoo, Yoruba
Legendary Creatures, Legends
Famous people in the Bahamas, famous Bahamians
Genealogy

Religion

Yoruba, Obeah, Voodoo see here

+++Articles
15.03.05 "Historic Anglican ordination of Haitian priest in Abaco" Nassau Guardian

XX 26.9.03 broken Bahamas Church Directory (all denominations) http://bahamaschurch.com/> church listings listing never worked on new website
Address & phone no of churches in Nassau/PI, Grand Bahama and Exumas MoT-Website

Address of John Paul II to the Christians of the Bahamas, 1.2.79
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/speeches/1979/february/documents/hf_jp-ii_spe_19790201_bahamas-nassau-cristiani_en.html

Religion - as taught at Bahamian schools (course outline of Queen's college) http://www.qchenceforth.com/re.htm

Adventure Learning Camp (Christian camping) http://www.alcbahamas.org/
Anglican Church of The Epiphany http://www.epiphanynassau.org
Anglican Diocese of the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands http://www.bahamas.anglican.org/resources.html
Assemblies of God http://www.ggassembly.org/
Bahamas Conference of Seventh-day Adventists Web Ministry http://www.bahamasconference.org
Christ the King Anglican Church http://www.christthekingbahamas.org
Final Hour Ministries Apostolic Church http://www.finalhourministries.com
Holy Trinity Anglican Church http://www.holytrinitybahamas.org
Islamic finder - Islamic organizations in the Bahamas http://www.islamicfinder.org/cityPrayer.php?country=bahamas
XX 12.11.03 page yet unfinished Kingdom Life World Outreach Centre http://www.kingdom-life.org/
Mount Gilead (Union) Baptist Church (Freeport) http://www.mountgileadunionbaptistchurch.com
Mount Tabor Full Gospel Baptist Church http://www.mounttabor.org
St Ambrose of Milan Anglican Church http://www.geocities.com/stambrosebahamas/
St. Matthew’s Anglican / Episcopal Church http://www.stmatthews.org.bs
The Bahamas Conference of The Methodist Church http://members.tripod.com/~The_BCMC/

Culture in General, Cultural Events, National Holidays

! Bahamas Calendar of Events http://www.eventsbahamas.com/
! Cultural Events of National Importance and National Cultural Institutions http://www.bahamas.gov.bs/bahamasweb/home.nsf >Visiting... > Culture... > Overview or > Schedule of events (sometimes only the pop-up menu will work)

see here for Fish Fry
see here for Straw Market
see here for Hair Braiding

National/Public Holidays http://www.bahamas.com/bahamas/about/general.aspx?sectionid=166424&level=2

New Year's Day (January 1)
Good Friday (Friday before Easter )
Easter Monday (March/April)
Whit Monday (7th Monday after Easter)
Labor Day (1st Friday in June)
Independence Day (July 10)
Emancipation Day (August Monday) (1st Monday in August)
Discovery Day (October 12)
Christmas Day (December 25)
Boxing Day (December 26)

see here for National Heroes Day / Discovery Day ("Columbus Day")

+++Articles
28.11.03 "One Bahamas celebrations observed" Nassau Guardian
14.05.04 "Queen honours 25" Nassau Guardian
05.07.04 "The countdown to The Bahamas' 31st Independence Anniversary is on" Nassau Guardian
20.07.04 "Mitchell touts majority rule - During independence service in Miami" Nassau Guardian
13.10.04 "History should not be tampered with, says Thompson" Nassau Guardian

17.07.07 "Cultural industry faces cash challenge" Nassau Guardian

A lack of investment has stunted the growth of the country's cultural industry, a government official claimed as the nation celebrated its 34th anniversary of Independence. Director of Culture Dr Nicolette Bethel insisted that The Bahamas must take a more "business-like" approach to culture. "The country needs to understand that culture is not a frill," Bethel told The Nassau Guardian. "It is an industry that has a global reach and we are way behind in that industry because we don't invest in it. We subsidize agriculture and we subsidize tourism. We have subsidized a lot of other industries. []

24.07.07 "Carifesta booted" Nassau Guardian

Museums, historical buildings

see also History
see here for Straw Market

!! Bahamas National Archives
Buildings, forts, sites & museums http://www.bahamas.gov.bs/bahamasweb/home.nsf > Visiting... > Culture... > Treasures > pick an item (sometimes only the pop-up menu will work)

Bimini Museum http://www.bimini-museum.org
Pirates Museum http://www.pirates-of-nassau.com
Bahamas Historical Society (also for Pompey Museum)
SIBMAS List of Archives, Public Libraries, Museums http://www.theatrelibrary.org/sibmas/idpac/caribbean/bsn001.html#3
List of (mostly historical) attractions in Nassau http://nassauparadiseisland.com/pages/whattodo/whattodoitem.html?id=13&name=CulturalAttractions
Bahamas Lighthouses http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/lighthouse/bwi.html - Abaco Lighthouses http://go-abacos.com/news/whatson/whatson_lighth.html

++Articles
16.04.04 "Re-opening of Pompey Museum to feature slave ship artifacts" Nassau Guardian

Junkanoo (in December & January)

The origin of the word “Junkanoo” is said to have come from the name John Canoe, an African prince and slave trader operating on the Gold Coast in the seventeenth (17th) century. To the slaves, he was a hero and was worshipped and idolized by them. http://www.junkanoo.com/junkanoo/whos_who/who.asp?whos_who_id=1

!! "The official Junkanoo Site" incl. ticket sale as soon as available http://www.junkanoo.com/ (some parts of the website have "Dey comin"-status, yet)
Amasewa Junkanoo Links (see also links: women writers, artists etc.) it's a Tripod... http://members.tripod.com/~Amasewa/Junkanoo-Soulsite-index.html
Valley Boys Junkanoo Group http://www.valleyboys.com/
Roots Junkanoo Group http://www.rootsjunkanoo.com/home.htm
Junkanoo Beat with Forum !! http://www.junkanoobeat.com/index.php

+Books:
Bethel E. Clement, Junkanoo - Festival of the Bahamas, comment: http://members.tripod.com/~Amasewa/JunkaViews.html
Ferguson Arlene et al, Come to get me

+++Articles
03.12.03 "Junkanoo pact unsigned" Nassau Guardian
04.12.03 "Fifth time not a charm" Nassau Guardian
08.12.03 "Junior Junkanoo still undergoing growing pains" Nassau Guardian
08.12.03 "Junkanoo tickets reduced 50 per cent this year" Nassau Guardian
!! 09.12.03 "Art Forms in Junkanoo" Nassau Guardian - by James O. Rolle, B.F.A., M.Ed (+local save)
11.12.03 "Junior Junkanoo - the excitement begins!! " Nassau Guardian
12.12.03 "Junkanoo delights" Nassau Guardian
18.12.03 "New changes for Junkanoo parades" Nassau Guardian
29.12.03 "Groups war for win first place at Junkanoo" Nassau Guardian
02.01.03 "Valley second win challenged" Nassau Guardian
07.01.04 "Junkanoo results overturned" Nassau Guardian
08.01.04 "Valley Boys deny hiring lawyer" Nassau Guardian
!! 12.01.04 "Junkanoo Queen" (Ms Maureen Verlene Duvalier, 1958) Nassau Guardian (+local save)
15.01.04 "Independent group may review Junkanoo results" Nassau Guardian
04.01.04 "Junkanoo probe faces unforeseen delays " Nassau Guardian
07.07.04 "The Junkanoo industry? JCB could enhance Junkanoo as a business" Nassau Guardian
05.01.05 "Saxons - The Shell Saxons Superstars won the 2004 Boxing Day Junkanoo" Nassau Guardian

!! http://www.bahamas.gov.bs/Bahamasweb/Visitingthebahamas.nsf/Subjects/Junkanoo
Geographia http://www.geographia.com/bahamas/junkanoo.htm
Geographia, Junkanoo on Grand Bahama http://www.geographia.com/grandbahama/junkanoo.htm
on-abacos http://www.go-abacos.com/news/junkanoo.html
Bahamas Travel Net http://www.bahamatravelnet.com/culture/junkanoo.html
Bahamas Getaway http://www.bahamasgateway.com/junkanoo.htm

Music

Classics
Bahamas Concert Orchestra (the national symphony orchestra) http://www.geocities.com/bahamasconcertorchestra
National Dance Company of The Bahamas bahamas.gov/National Dance Company
The National Youth Choir bahamas.gov /National Yough Choir
National Youth Orchestra bahamas.gov/National Youth Orchestra
The National Children’s Choir bahamas.gov/National Childrens Choir

Baha Men
Baha Men http://www.popentertainment.com/BahaMen.htm
Baha Men Concert Clips http://www.y-generation.com/concertbhm.cfm
Baha Men http://www.bahamen.com/
s-curverecords Baha Men http://www.s-curverecords.com/bahamen/index.html e.g. history
Baha Men Holla! "Garfield: The Movie" http://www.garfieldmovie.com/main.html > my tunes (bottom of screen)

Blake Alphonso Higgs "Blind Blake" (1950s) http://www.wirz.de/music/blakbfrm.htm
Burrows Terneille - ta.da http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/tada& - http://www.sanctigroove.com/
Davis Eugene (AKA Geno D) http://genodavis.tripod.com/
DeVeaux Gerry "of Bahamian and Scottish descent", songwriter etc. (e.g. for Lenny Kravitz) http://www.mushroommusic.com.au/artist/artist.asp?id=262
+++Article 22.11.04 "Bahamian co-hosts MTV Europe awards [Gerry DeVeaux]" Nassau Guardian
Donaldson Denis, Bahamian musical legend http://www.caciqueawards.com/Lifetime/2000-Lifetime(2).htm
Exuma - the Obeah Man, born McFarlane Anthony McKay (Cat Isl), Bahamian singer, songwriter and painter http://www.furious.com/perfect/exuma.html - Exuma the Obeah Man and Nina Simone - review by The Seth Man - Adventurz: Music by Exuma
Knowles Gavin http://www.gavinknowlesmusic.com/
Moss Stefan (music poetry paintings) http://www.stefanmoss.com/ about Stefan Moss http://www.soundclick.com/bands/4/stefanmoss.htm
Spence Joseph (a tribute to - by Bryan P. Deno), The Pinder Family and Joseph Spence http://spence.bryandeno.com
- Wirz: Joseph Spence Discography http://www.wirz.de/music/spencfrm.htm - Joseph Spence Fingerstyle Phenomenon by John Stropes and Justin Segel http://www.stropes.com/refdocs/spence.pdf - Joshua Gone Barbados: A Joseph Spence Appreciation by Chris Smith http://www.indiana.edu/%7Esmithcj/cjsbvoi2.html
XX 15.07.04 no website yet Stubbs Phil (Freeport)

The Real Bahamas, recordings made by Peter K. Seigel and Jody Stecher in the Bahamas (60s/70s) http://www.cdroots.com/sst-bahamas1.html - !scroll down to notes by Jody Stecher
Article about the recording trips and the music they found "Holidays in the Sun" by Brian Cullman http://www.rootsworld.com/rw/feature/bahamas.html

Sandy ECay stabrook's Bahamian Music Sampler http://www.motuiti.com/BahamianMusic.html
Almudo/Amazon World Music - Bahamas, short excerpts! http://www.almudo.com/Bahamas-Music.htm
Music Clips http://www.bahamas.mall.bs/music/cody/default.htm
Dance summer camp http://barefootsummerjam.netfirms.com/index1.htm
Things' Bahamian Junkanoo Music http://www.thingsbahamian.net/music.htm
Bahamian Songs (Florida Folklife) http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/S?ammem/flwpabib:@FIELD(SUBJ+@od1(+bahamian+songs+))
Bahama Island Music http://www.bahamaislandmusic.com/
The Bahamas Concert Orchestra http://www.geocities.com/bahamasconcertorchestra/index.html
;) Peter Reber http://www.peterreber.ch

Compass Point Studios http://members.aol.com/compasspnt/index.html
Mackey Media http://www.mackeymedia.com/
Bahama Rama Records http://www.bahama-rama.com/

Amazon, Music for Travelers > Bahamas (with short excerpts) http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/641510/ref=br_dp__3/002-7741319-5902409
List of Bahamian Musicians (links are not working yet) http://www.bahamas.gov.bs/BahamasWeb/VisitingTheBahamas.nsf/Subjects/Bahamian+Musicians

<>+++Article
06.01.04 "Tough competition for Bahamian musicians " Nassau Guardian
19.01.04 "Tony Mckay The Obeah Man " Nassau Guardian (+local save)
03.02.04 "Island Boy, Ronnie Butler" (A life filled with Bahamian music) Nassau Guardian
05.02.04 "Duke Errol Strachan - A Bahamian maestro " Nassau Guardian
13.09.04 "Entertainer, unionist, senator - Leroy Duke Hanna" Nassau Guardian
21.10.04 "Veronica Bishop - From depths of despair to height of success [calypso singer]" Nassau Guardian
06.06.05 "What is Bahamian music?" Nassau Guardian (+local save)

Rainforest Theatre

Each evening in the of the Marriott Crystal Palace Casino in Cable Beach, a short, colorfully dressed, pixie-faced fellow surrounds himself with six congo drums and using each drum, beats out a symphony of rhythms none can match. Since 1939 Peanuts Taylor has been a pivotal part of the Bahamian entertainment. In 1957 Peanuts became the first person ever to do the limbo on national television; Paul Meeres, Jr took Peanuts on tour to Bermuda and California, where he opened for Sammy Davis Jr, The Mills Brothers and Nat King Cole. After returning to The Bahamas to look after his grandmother he opened the Tropicana Club -- playing five drums at a time while alternating the tautness of the goatskin with one elbow. In 1964 Peanuts built the Drumbeat Club and performed there until the early 1990's. Source: http://www.soulofamerica.com/isldfldr/nassau3.html

Galleries, painters, poets, handicraft etc.

Lists, galleries, miscellaneous
!! NAGB National Art Gallery of the Bahamas http://www.nagb.org.bs/
What's-on art links http://www.whatsonbahamas.com/art.lasso
Gallery - Central Bank of Bahamas, various artists http://www.centralbankbahamas.com/gallery.lasso
Princess Street Gallery, Harbour Island http://harbourislandgallery.com/
Bahamas Mall Art Gallery -(Minnis, Pratt) http://www.bahamas.mall.bs/art/default.htm#ArtGallery
Bahamas Fine Arts http://www.carlasartcorner.com/
Bahama Art http://www.geocities.com/bahamart/

The Caribbean Writer http://www.thecaribbeanwriter.com/ especially Vol. 13 with special Bahamian section (or search google "Bahamas site:www. thecaribbeanwriter.com")
Fay Knowles "Bahamas Writer" - writer's guide with a Bahamian theme http://www.bahamaswriter.com - writers' forums

XX Abaco Artist Guild (no website yet?): Vince Mcweeney, Colette Rolle-boodle, Harriet Thompson, Lori Higgs- Thompson, Jeep Byers,Beth Sweeting and +++Article "Artists of the Abaco Islands" Nassau Guardian

Delano A. Johnson, Bahamian animator/cartoonist, "created Cocomon and The Fruitytoons, the first Bahamian cartoon ever" (no website, yet)
+++Article 01.12.03 "Bahamian Cartoons? " Nassau Guardian

Artists' websites
Jansu Artists http://www.jansu.com/artists.htm
Mary Louise Deveaux / Eustace McPhee / Q. Minnis / John Paul / Astrid Pinder / Don Russell / Franklyn Jolly

Bethel Jonathan http://www.bethelgallery.com/
Brown Leo http://www.bahamasvg.com/leobrown
Deno Bryan P, poems, stories, twisted ones http://home.bluemarble.net/~bryandeno/Stories/
Ferguson Amos - Maxine Rose Schur on Amos Ferguson http://www.maxineroseschur.com/travel-ferguson.html
+++Article approx. 13.04.04 "Amos Ferguson - Gifted artist still hoping for recognition after 60 years" Nassau Guardian (no link availabe, try search option" (+local save)
Fischetti Linda http://fishbox.fischetti.com/gallery/
Homer Winslow (American, 1836-1910) - Painting of the Bahamas http://www.bahamas-rental.com/homer.html (e.g. Glass Window) - Biography artchive - all artworks - NGA Art Discussion, Homer in the Bahamas http://www.nga.gov/education/classroom/art_and_ecology/art_huts.htm
Isaacs Sonia http://www.soniaisaacsart.com/ and (short) http://www.bahamasgo.com/soniaisaacs.htm
James Catalyn , poet, playwriter, actor http://www.geocities.com/jamesjcatalyn/
Knowles Ricardo "Cardo” T. http://www.geocities.com/rcardo_2000/cardocont.html and http://www.cardo-art.com/index.html
Lewis Dion +++Article 14.12.04 "The Straw Market Painter'" Nassau Guardian
Marshall Omeilia - Maxine Rose Schur on Omeilia Marshall (Baskets) http://www.maxineroseschur.com/travel-marshall.html
Minnis Eddie http://www.eddieminnis.com/
Parotty Lynn http://www.parotti.com/index.htm

Pratt Livingston http://www.bahamasgo.com/livingstonepratt.htm
Rae Malcolm http://www.bahamasgo.com/malcolmrae.htm
Roberts Antonius http://www.antoniusroberts.com
Rolle Gwendolyn +++Article 08.11.04 "Poet has big dreams" Freeport News

Handicraft
Androsia Andros Batik Factory http://www.androsia.com/
Bahama Hand Prints http://www.bahamahandprints.com/ "we offer a unique clothing line of fabrics and island designs"
The Eleuthera Natural Arts & Crafts Guild http://www.lutraweb.com/guild/
Ocean Jewellery http://www.astridproductions.com/
Marjolein Scott, Art on Silk http://www.barefoot-contessa-art.com/biography-MS.htm

E-Cards
Bahamas Cards, send e-cards that feature authentic Bahamian art and photos http://www.bahamacards.com/ doesn't exist anymore, partly available on archive.org: http://web.archive.org/web/20050206151755/bahamacards.com/sendcard/index.html ... in order to find out at least the names of the artists...

My favourite toucan Birthday Card is here: http://www.jansu.com/ecards.htm > "Birthday Birds" - it can only be viewed and listened to, sending is not possible anymore :(

Send Bahamas Postcard (only a few show Bahamian themes) http://www.bahamas-mon.com/postcard/

Film / Theatre

+++Articles
03.04.03 "Bahamas Set For $70 Mil TV And Movie Complex " Nassau Guardian
27.01.04 "Plans underway to build film studio" Nassau Guardian
05.03.04 "Movie business in The Bahamas " Nassau Guardian
24.04.04 "Film-makers flock to Nassau for festival" Nassau Guardian
12.05.04 "Reality show taped in Andros airs Wednesday" Nassau Guardian
24.08.04 "CBS on Board with Bahamas P.I. Project" Reuters
! 12.10.04 "Location Report: Bahamas" The The Hollywood Reporter
20.01.05 "Charles Carter chats with Cedric Scott, actor, director, producer, activist" Nassau Guardian

03.01.05 "2004 - A Year In Films - What do the movie Splash, Silence of The Lambs, Jaws the Revenge and Gigli all have in common? " Nassau Guardian

Bahamas Film Commission Official Website (incl. on-line permit requests for film shooting) http://www.bahamasfilm.com
Bahamas Film Festival http://bahamasfilmfestival.com/main.html
RND Cinemas http://216.122.197.201/rndcinemas.htm
Jordan Klein water-oriented productions (movies etc.) http://www.jordanklein.com/index.html
Fire In The Ocean: The Women Of Andros Island" http://www.artreach-international.com/b_newsd.html
Ringplay, Bahamian theatre company http://www.burrowsweb.com/ringplay/index.html
Stuart Cove's Underwater Productions http://www.underwaterhollywood.com/facilities.html - http://www.bahamasdiving.com/BDAtour/stuartcove.html
Dolphin Encounters, some productions used their facilities http://www.dolphinswims.com/history.html - e.g. on Blue Lagoon Island/Salt Cay

Yaphath-Toar Academy of Dramatic Arts http://groups.msn.com/Yaphath-ToarAcademyofDramaticArts/yaphathtoaracademyofdramaticarts.msnw

The first and only choice in The Bahamas for training in Television and Cinema Production, Acting, Show Business, Entertainment Studies and more.

Yaphath Toar Victoria Colebrook: http://yaphathtoarcolebrooke.voice123.com/

Christian Young Miller, actor & .... http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Palace/3888/

MacGillivray Freeman's Coral Reef Adventure http://www.coralfilm.com/edu.html
+++Article 04.05.04 "Students experience coral reef adventure " Nassau Guardian

Films, Blacks in America http://www.africana.com/research/encarta/tt_136.asp
see also Sidney Poitier

Movie shootings in the Bahamas

Who is shooting & Bahamas feature Films Archives (list) http://www.bahamasfilm.com/news/index.htm

re: Pirates of the Caribbean 2 + 3
+++Articles
28.10.04 "Bahamas Gets Pirates of The Caribbean 2 and 3" Tribune/Yahoo Group Briland
02.01.05 "Disney set to make two major films on Grand Bahama" Nassau Guardian

+Discussions
"Pirates Movies"started by A Fan on 19.03.05 Geographia/GBI Board

(2) Pirates of the Caribbean: Treasures of the Lost Abyss (2006)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0383574/
+++Articles
Movieweb 1846 - 2266 - 3849 - 5601 -

(3) Pirates of the Caribbean (2007)

Jerry Bruckheimer confirmed a third installment of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series is in the works. According to an interview with Jerry Bruckheimer on 'Entertainment Tonight', he hopes to film the second and third installments together. source: deppimpact

(1) Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) (1) - official Disney movie website http://disney.go.com/disneyvideos/liveaction/pirates/main_site/main.html

re: Three
imdb.com http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0377309/

Shot on the island of Eleuthera Starring, Billy Zane, Juan Pablo Di Pace and Kelly Brook. Three is an action-drama presently filming on the island of Eleuthera in the settlement of Governour's Harbour. Shooting locations will take place at Cupid's Cay, Rainbow Beach, The Cliffs, Preachers's Cave and Twin Cove Beach. Due to be released Winter of 2004-2005. source: bahamasfilm

re: Open Water
"Although there have been many stories of divers getting stranded in open water, the film gets its inspiration primarily from the story of Tom and Eileen Lonergan, American tourists who disappeared in 1998 after taking a series of dives near Australia's Great Barrier Reef. " source: oregonherald
"Armed with a couple of digital cameras, the cast and crew went to Mexico, the Virgin Islands and the Grenadines in locations chosen to avoid hurting anybody's tourism business. The shark sequences were shot in the Bahamas where shark expert Stuart Cove, a veteran of James Bond movies, is based." source: msn/sympatico

! see also here Sharks, Diving with Sharks etc.

Official movie website http://www.openwatermovie.com/
Reviews sympatico.msn - hollywoodjesus - oregonherald -
Outside Magazine Oct 2003 "A Watery Grave - Eileen and Tom Lonergan" http://outside.away.com/outside/features/200310/200310_mysteries_2.html
CDNN Cyber Divers News Network about Open Water - the story behind - diving ind - DEMA hype
McFayden Michael (Aussie) - about the incident http://www.michaelmcfadyenscuba.info/articles/lonergan.htm (text was copied by peacecorps)
05.08.04 "Open Water": The Sharks, and the Fear, Were Real" http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/08/0806_040806_openwater.html
21.07.04 "Shark alert keeps locals on edge", Garry Maddox http://www.sharktrust.org/cgi/main.asp?newsfirst=384
06.08.04 "...who ya gonna root for?" Richard von Busack http://www.sharktrust.org/cgi/main.asp?newsfirst=398
Open Water comments on German dive board http://www.taucher.net/forum/bioShow.html?messageNummer=2066

re: After the Sunset, "The film, which stars Pierce Brosnan and Salma Hayek, will feature about 1,400 Bahamian extras."
!! the official movie website http://www.afterthesunset.com/
movies.com http://movies.go.com/movies/A/afterthesunset_2004/
(Fortunecity-) Brosnan-fan-website about "After the Sunset"
13.10.03 "Bahamians seek roles in big budget movie" Nassau Guardian
12.11.03 "Movie makers infuriate motorists" Nassau Guardian
13.11.03 "Movie set brings more complaints" Nassau Guardian
16.12.03 "Actress in decompression after 'fatigue, exhaustion'" Nassau Guardian
19.10.04 "After the Traffic Jams...The Sunset - Talking with the stars of Upcoming Movie After the Sunset" Nassau Guardian
!! November 2004 Issue "Red-Hot Bahamas" Travel & Leisure

re: Into the Blue, "A group of divers find themselves in deep trouble with a drug lord after they come upon the illicit cargo of a sunken airplane"
no official movie website?
20.05.04 warner brothers (with trailer) http://extratv.warnerbros.com/dailynews/extra/0504/05_20c.html
mtv.com http://www.mtv.com/movies/maz/1488701/movie.jhtml
imdb.com http://imdb.com/title/tt0378109/
27.01.04 "Shock As Movie Makers Sink Plane By Coral Reef " The Tribune via B2B
04.02.04 "BEST Commission To Examine Movie Location Use" Tribune via B2B

More movies that play or were shot in the Bahamas

Bahamasfilm archive - List of Productions Shot On Location In The Bahamas Over The Last 20 years http://www.bahamasfilm.com/news/archiveindex.htm

1916 / 1954 "20,000 Leagues Under The Sea", story by Jules Verne, 1916 silent version, new version by Disney in 1954
1958-61 "Sea Hunt”, Lloyd Bridges, find lots of details on http://home.houston.rr.com/thescubaguy/

1965 "The Beatles - Help!" - review (interview) - review2
1984 "Splash", the beach scenes were filmed on Blue Lagoon Island/Salt Cay - review
1991 "Return to the Blue Lagoon" (?filming location Blue Lagoon Island) - review - review2
1996, "Flipper" starring Paul Hogan and Elijah Wood, Dolphin Encounters "helped Universal Studios to produce the movie" - review -
1999 "The Isle of MTV", MTV Beach House 1999Weber/Shandwick - btw it's just a rumour that Blue Lagoon Island/Salt Cay was one of the original filming locations of "Gilligan's Island" (but I suppose the excursions to Blue Lagoon Island are worth it anyway) - !Gilligan Unbound by Paul A. Cantor (excerpt) - review1 - FanClub1 - Fan Club2
2001 "After the Storm", based on story by Hemingway, story plays in the Bahamas, shot on locations in Belize - review1 -

!!Database of filming locations: http://www.imdb.com/Sections/Locations/ enter "Bahamas" > [Go!], !detailed search criteria in the left frame, e.g. Bimini

More about movie dive sites in the Bahamas:

Source: Bill Jones, The Scuba Guy http://home.houston.rr.com/thescubaguy/News/MovieFanDiveSites.html
In an area mostly served by “Stuart Cove's Dive South Ocean” located at the Clarion Resort on Nassau's south shore, is the site of considerable principal and second-unit filming loaded with underwater natural and man-made objects. Best known for scenes in James Bond movies such as “For Your Eyes Only” (1981) and “The World is Not Enough” (1999), Sean Connery learned to dive right here during the filming of "Dr. No" (1962). Divers flock to the sites of decaying underwater sets from memorable and classic movies and television shows. The most popular sites include the Vulcan Bomber (covered in gorgonians and sponges on the remaining skeletal structure) used in “Thunderball” (1965), Rock Point House where Roger Moore drove the amphibious Lotus out of the water in “The Spy Who Loved Me” (1977), and the Tears of Allah shipwreck from “Never Say Never Again” (1983). A couple miles east from Compass Point is a home known locally as Rock Point but better known as Palmyra in “Thunderball” (1965). The entire Stuart Cove's PADI Gold Palm Diver Center and dock area was transformed into a fishing village for the movie version of “Flipper” (1996). Many of the underwater sets and the fishing village are largely still intact. “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea” (1954), “Sea Hunt” (1958-61), “Splash” (1984), “Cocoon” (1985), “Jaws IV: The Revenge” (1987), and many more shot footage here. It’s not uncommon to stumble onto a second-unit filming crew or a production company shooting a few scenes or a TV commercial.

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Bahamas Philatelic Links http://www.gsu.edu/~libpjr/bahlinks.htm
Bahamas Girl Scout Stamps http://scouts.elysiumgates.com/bahamas.html
Bahamas Postage Rates http://www.gsu.edu/~libpjr/bahrates.htm
Bahamas Postcards http://www.judnick.com/BadenToBangladesh.htm#BAHAMAS > scroll down to Bahamas
Photos & Cartes postales anciennes des Bahamas http://www.antanlontan-antilles.com/bahamas.htm

Bahamian Banknotes http://www.centralbankbahamas.com/bank_notes.lasso
Bahamian Coins http://www.centralbankbahamas.com/bank_coins.lasso
Numismatic Coins Central Bank of Bahamas http://www.centralbankbahamas.com/bank_numismatic.lasso
Copper Coins of 1806 http://www.coins.nd.edu/ColCoin/ColCoinIntros/Bahamas.intro.htmlbetter picture of coins here: http://www.maltergalleries.com/auction79/lot290.jpg

Bahamas' License Plates http://zil95.free.fr/ca/bs/p.php
Ethnomusicology LP Collection http://www.oberlin.edu/faculty/rknight/LPcollection/Lists/7b.westindies.html

National Symbols: Anthem, Flag, Coat of Arms

Woodes Rogers - He was The Bahamas' first Royal Governor. His first term would last until 1721. ... It was then that the colony's motto, "Expulsis Piratis, Restituta Commercia," which is Latin for "Pirates expelled, Commerce Restored," was coined. It remained until independence in 1973, when the new motto, "Forward, Upward, Onward Together," was adopted. source

historical flags (reference to fotw-website which doesn't exist anymore) http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Bahamas.html
Gov: detailed description, anthem, flag, coat of arms http://www.bahamas.gov.bs/BahamasWeb/AboutBahamas.nsf/Subjects/National+Symbols
Coat of Arms description http://www.bahamas.gov.bs/BahamasWeb/AboutBahamas.nsf/Subjects/Coat+of+Arms
Nation Anthem http://bahamas.gov.bs/bahamasweb/aboutbahamas.nsf/Subjects/National+Anthem
For crests of the islands go to http://www.bahamas.gov.bs > The Government > Local Government > Districts by Islands then click on one of the islands

Obeah/Voodoo/Yoruba, Legendary Creatures, Legends

Obeah (Obi, Obeye, Ju-Ju), Voodoo, Yoruba

"The traditional culture of the Bahamas lives away from the American-influenced urban centers of Nassau and Freeport. The islands' folkways stem in large part from the tales, bush medicine, music and religion brought over by African slaves. A popular 'folk' religion is obeah, a system of beliefs governing interactions between the living and the spirit world. It's a less sinister cousin of Haitian voodoo and Cuban santerýa. The vast majority of Bahamians, however, belong to mainline Christian denominations (though many Anglican priests hedge their bets and mix a little good-willed obeah into their practice). Most islanders are steadfast in their religious beliefs: many taxi drivers and office workers keep a Bible at hand. Church affairs make headline news, while major international events are relegated to the inside pages. The country claims the greatest number of churches per capita in the world." http://www.caribnationtv.com/bahamas.html "

!!Obeah the ultimate resistance (Miami Uni) http://www.library.miami.edu/archives/slaves/Religion/religion.html

I couldn't' find a lot of info. Info about Cat Island usually mentions Obeah. On most tourism sites, there is only a short remark.

Haitian Voodoo, Prof. B. Corbett http://www.webster.edu/~corbetre/haiti/voodoo/voodoo.htm

Yoruba - definitions http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoruba
Yoruba religion/mythology http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoruba_mythology
Yoruba language http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoruba_language

Bimini Road, Road to Atlantis, Fountain of Youth
Bimini Road, Road to Atlantis, Fountain of Youth, see here
Bimini Undersea "Legends & Lore of Bimini" http://www.biminiundersea.com/legends.htm
see below "Bermuda Triangle & Bimini Road"

The Bermuda Triangle
Gian Quasar's website with lots of well researched info (presented with scepticism, humour and respect) http://www.bermuda-triangle.org
! "Fly the Bahamas" - great aireal and satellite photos of the Bahamas http://www.bermuda-triangle.org/html/the_bahamas.html > use link page bottom
"500 Leagues of Sea" - from corner to corner, Saragossa Sea etc. http://www.bermuda-triangle.org/html/500_leagues_of_sea.html > use link page bottom
"Fantastic Journey" tunnel clouds, “white waters” or “glowing waters” of the Bahamas http://www.bermuda-triangle.org/html/fantastic_journey.html
Bermuda Triangle & Bimini Road http://www.bermuda-triangle.org/html/prophecy___fulfillment.html - Edgar Cayce's Atlantis

The Chickcharnie

The myth of the chickcharnie is the most popular; chickcharnies are said to be small red-eyed elves with beards who hang from pine trees and cause both good and bad things to happen. The explanation by ornithologists and archaeologists, who unearthed fossils, is that the chickcharnie was transformed into a legendary creature by people who had seen giant barn owls. The bird, now extinct, was quite large and apparently had a fascinating resemblance to something human. It is also believed that blue holes have monsters living in them, and some of the blue holes are definitely considered off-limits by Androsians. (www.hgchristie.com - text not available anymore)
The island of Andros is home to the legendary Chickcharnie. It is said that these creatures are half-bird half-man and build their nests by bending the tops of two pine trees together. According to legend, creatures drive away evil spirits and protect the good from the bad. Legend also says visitors of Andros should explore the island carrying flowers and bright bits of fabric to leave for the Chickcharnies, all of which will be returned to the gift-bearer in riches. (http://www.bahamas.co.uk/site/PressPDF.pdf )

On Andros Island, Bahamas, is a legend of mischievous, small entities called Chickcharnies. The stories tell of little people that once inhabited the remote forests of the island, that were highly aggressive, and that could turn their heads all the way around. Chickcharnies are reported only from Andros Island and are said to have three fingers, three toes, and red eyes. Now, there truly once existed on Andros Island -- the largest (104 x 40 miles) and least inhabited of the Bahamas islands -- a Chickcharnie of sorts. It was a 2-foot-tall owl called Tyto pollens, a remote cousin of the smaller Common Barn-owl (Tyto alba). Tyto pollens was a large, flightless owl known there from subfossils. It may be that it was territorially aggressive and coexisted with humans. The ability of owls to swivel their heads, and a territorial aggression, may have been the basis for this particular legend, but this is speculation. It is said that to see a Chickcharnie brings lifelong good luck to the observer. I once spent 10 days on Andros Island and explored its seldom-visited old Caribbean pine forests in search of rare birds. But ... no Chickcharnies. (Andros Island is a wonderful place that time and Club Med forgot ... and may they never find it. The few small hamlets are infused with much local color. Andros even has a "Loch Ness Monster" according to one travel brochure, that described it as a dragon-like sea monster called the Lusca. The Spaniards called the island "La Isla del Espiritu Santo," or the island of the Holy Spirit.) (http://www.spiritone.com/~brucem/mys_little.htm)

more about the Chickcharnie: "The Wee-Wee Legend" http://www.discovery.com/exp/coralreef/prev_today3.html

The Lusca

Like the Loch Ness monster, Lusca reportedly had been sighted by dozens of Androsians. The sea serpent was accused of sucking both sailors and their vessels into the dangerous blue holes around the island's coastline. No one has captured Lusca yet.
(http://www.bahamas.co.uk/site/PressPDF.pdf)As of the Chickcharnies wasn't mysterious Enough, Andros is also home to the "Lusca". The Lusca, believed to resemble the octopus, resides in dark and mysterious blue holes. These evil spirits take pleasure in dragging men and their small boats to their doom whenever humans attempt to invade their domain.
"Lusca's Breath" http://home.swipnet.se/blueholes/start_800.htm > Cave Intro
more about story telling http://www.thingsbahamian.net/storytelling.htm

People

People - famous Bahamians or other famous people living or having lived in the Bahamas

Famous http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahamian_American lit of citizens or residents of the United States of Bahamian ancestry. The 2000 U.S. census counted 31,984 people of Bahamian ancestry. Most (about 21,000) live in Florida, most likely due to its proximity to the Bahamas.

see also Artists
see also historical personalities

Photos of great Bahamian Heroes as listed in the publication "100 Most Outstanding Bahamians of the 20th Century "Faces of Greatness" dabahamianting.com

Etienne Dupuch, see also Nassau Guardian http://www.caciqueawards.com/Lifetime/1996_Lifetime.htm
Vernal Sands http://www.caciqueawards.com/Lifetime/2000-Lifetime(1).htm see also here
+++Article 22.01.04 "Vernal Sands: Bahamas Goodwill Ambassador" Nassau Guardian (+local save)

H.E. Mr. Sidney Poitier (KCMG Hon.), Bahamian, Cat Island, Ambassador of The Bahamas to Japan (since 1997)