One of the satellites recorded the Columbus myth Haitian Indians (Taino) of the origin of the sea. According to him, a man named Giaya-defense, killed his son and hung up the calabash with his bones in the cabin. These bones are turned into fish, and visitors to the hut, who wanted to eat them, accidentally overturned calabash, from which the water poured and formed a sea. According to another Indian myth, the Caribbean Sea, like others, was the result of the Flood, which afflicted the land of supreme being.
The rich history of the Caribbean inspired many authors to create different works of culture of piracy. By the pirate theme has been accessed by Daniel Defoe, Robert Louis Stevenson, Rafael Sabatini, and other writers, for it created a lot of movies (including a series of paintings "Pirates of the Caribbean" and cartoon "Treasure Island") and produced numerous computer games. Life and customs of the inhabitants of the Caribbean describe authors such as the Cuban writer Alejo Carpentier, the Dominican writer (and president), Juan Bosch, Derek Walcott (St. Lucia) and the Colombian writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
The Caribbean region is home to various music genres: reggae, ska, Jamaica, merengue and bachata in the Dominican Republic, the calypso in Trinidad and Tobago. Reggaeton is from Puerto Rico and Panama, sleep and sleep-Montuna appeared in Cuba, Kumbia, Porro and valenato - on the Caribbean coast of Colombia.
One of the most popular sports in the Caribbean region - a baseball, there being a separate baseball tournament - the Caribbean Series. On the English-speaking Antilles, also circulated cricket in the participating countries promoted CONCACAF football. The region held games in Central America and the Caribbean, national teams are also participating in the Pan American Games.
The main languages in the region - Spanish, English, Creole, French and Netherlands. The predominant religion - Roman Catholic (Dominican Republic, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Lucia, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Netherlands Antilles, part of Central and South America), on some islands practiced Protestantism (Barbados) , Hinduism (one of the most widespread religions in Trinidad and Tobago), Anglican (Montserrat, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines), also presented Santeria (Cuba), Voodoo (Haiti) and rastafarianstvo (circulated in Jamaica).