Antigua and Barbuda

Antigua and Barbuda combines Afro-Caribbean folk traditions with a strong seafaring and cricket culture.

Music & dance Games & sport Food & cooking Crafts

Knowledge in this place

Benna music

Benna music

A call-and-response folk song tradition once used to spread news and gossip across villages.

Village cricket tradition

Village cricket tradition

A deeply rooted community cricket culture played on village grounds across the islands.

Fungee and pepperpot

Fungee and pepperpot

Cornmeal fungee served with a spinach-and-okra pepperpot stew, the national dish.

Barbuda basketry

Barbuda basketry

Weaving of baskets and mats from wild palm and grasses on the island of Barbuda.

Warri

A West African-derived mancala board game played with seeds in carved wooden boards.