The country's music consists of folk ballads, work songs, revivalist hymns and, of course, reggae. Reggea music that originated on the island is world known. Crafts are influenced by African, Indian, European and Arawak cultures. Depicting life and landscape, Jamaican paintings feature bright colors and bold lines. From the 19th-century Ward Theater to innovative little theaters and thriving centers for drama in Kingston, Jamaica features a broad range of theatrical treats.
Plays depict avariety of Jamaican experiences.
Christianity, in its various denominations, some indigenous, is the religion of the vast majority of Jamaicans. There are, however, other religions observed and practiced in Jamaica by relatively smaller numbers of people, such as Islam, Judaism, and Hinduism. Native Jamaicans explaine that the gold cross represented the sunshine that blessed the island, the green from the rainfall that makes the island lush and verant and the black for the people and for the Africian slaves forced over to the island that after centuries won their freedom. The flag is recognized throughout the world and Jamaican sports teams proudly incorporate the flag into their uniforms.