Can you tell me some things or facts about Le Guadeloupe?

Question

Capital, climate, things about food, culture, celebrations.

Wikipedia isnt doing muchh.

Answer 1

Guadeloupe is an overseas department of France. (a department is an administrative division of France somewhat like a state of the United States).

The capital is Basse-Terre and the population is 452,776.

The population is composed primarily of the descendants of African slaves and the culture, usually described as "Creole" is a mixture of French and African.

The principal celebration each year is "Carnival" which gets going on on Epiphany and finally ends only on the evening of Ash Wednesday.

Creole cuisine includes dishes like:

Accras (also called Amarinades) - Deep fried fritters made from cod.

Calalou - A herb soup with bacon.

Migan - Mashed bananas and breadfruit.

Bebele - a stew of tripe, dombrés (dumplings) and green bananas.

Ti Punch - A drink made of rum, cane sugar or cane sugar syrup and lime.