Barbados is home to a large
population of mongoose, originally
imported from India to take care
of the rats in the sugar cane fields.
Instead, they ate the snakes, which
was the original predator of the rats.
There are about 270,000 people who
live in Barbados. It’s located in the
Lesser Antilles, with Saint Vincent and
the Grenadines to the west, Saint Lucia
to the north-west, and Grenada to the
south-west.
The cuisine in Barbados includes many
types of fish, seafood, sweet potato, yam,
breadfruit, cassava, rice, pork, and pasta.
The national dish is cou cou and flying fish.
Barbados can be known as ‘the land of
the flying fish’ – they are commonly seen
around the island.
The languages used include English & Bajan.
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