“The community in which my church is, is a rural community, so we have to flip the script: Church could not be church as normal. In Easter, at the peak of COVID, I had to go out there in the community, section by section, and had three services...
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the world in ways that people living for the past 100 years have never seen and experienced. Because of it, policies and protocols that restricted mass movements and gatherings were implemented, changing lives...
“I think I am the most original expressionist in Jamaica. Nobody else works like me,” artist Richard ‘Von’ White of Oracabessa, St Mary, told The Gleaner with a little grin. And, indeed, his pieces are not very similar to what is typically sighted...
You cannot see Blaqson’s clothes and look away. The already standout pieces are emblazoned with the art of its owner, Barrington Brissett, a New York-born and bred artist/designer whose parents are Jamaicans. They are artsy, arresting, free-...
God Quest Bennett was born 30 years ago. His parents named him Jordan Micah Bennett, and that was the name the software engineer/artificial intelligence researcher had used legally up to 2020, the year he changed his name. He kept his father’s...
From the very moment some captured Africans arrived in Jamaica to work on plantations, they had planned their escape. And so, as soon as they got a chance, they fled to the hills and mountains all over the country. The ‘wild negroes’, as they were...
In Jainism, an ancient Indian religion, a Tirthankara, also known as a Jina (victor), is a “savior who has succeeded in crossing over life’s river of rebirth and has made a path for others to follow”. Tirthankaras were much venerated, and...
Jainism is an ancient Indian religion that is believed to have originated in the Indus Valley Civilisation. Its main principles are ahimsa (non-violence), anekantavada (non-absolutism), and aparigraha (non-possessiveness). Practitioners, called...
For the past three week,s Family and Religion explored Sikhism, a monotheistic religion said to have been founded by Guru Nanak Div in the late 1400s. Some people tend to associate it with Jainism, an ancient Indian religion, but it is regarded as...
Sikhism is a monotheistic religion that emerged in the Punjab region of India in the late 1400s. Guru Nanak, who was born in 1464, is credited as its founder. He was succeeded by nine other gurus, the last one being Govind Singh, who ended the line...
For the past few weeks Family and Religion has been exploring the Yahweh religion. This exploration was motivated by the stand-off and the dramatic removal of children by the police and military from the Qahal Yahweh compound in Paradise, St James...
As his citation was being read, The University of the West Indies’ (UWI) professor emeritus of English, Edward Baugh, stood very still with his eyes fixed to the ceiling of the Louise Bennett Garden Theatre in St Andrew. He did not fidget. It was...
For 27 years, Liguanea Lodge 1479 has been hosting an art auction, its main annual fundraising event. This year, the event was held on Thursday, May 16, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, New Kingston According to lodge master Dr Clarence David McGaw,...
