{"id":27,"date":"2013-10-28T05:15:27","date_gmt":"2013-10-28T05:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.culturallycaribbean.com\/?page_id=27"},"modified":"2019-02-02T15:54:20","modified_gmt":"2019-02-02T20:54:20","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.culturallycaribbean.com\/?page_id=27","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to Culturally Caribbean!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am a\u00a0West Indian\u00a0migrant who will forever carry the tropical sun in her veins and\u00a0native rhythms in her hips.\u00a0Yes,\u00a0this blog\u00a0is\u00a0a\u00a0tangible way\u00a0for me to\u00a0embrace my nostalgia,\u00a0but\u00a0it is\u00a0also\u00a0an earnest endeavour to\u00a0learn\u00a0more about\u00a0the cultural heritage\u00a0I strive to share\u00a0with my children. It&#8217;s an opportunity\u00a0to deepen my knowledge\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0beautiful countries\u00a0that constitute the\u00a0Caribbean, and a\u00a0medium through which I can celebrate the art, dance, literature, music, design, film, food\u00a0and theatre\u00a0that are woven into the\u00a0region&#8217;s rich cultural tapestry.<\/p>\n<p>So, whether you are from the Caribbean or elsewhere, came specifically to this site or merely stumbled upon it and decided to look around, I thank you for your visit. Hopefully Culturally Caribbean will become one of your\u00a0regular stops.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;d like to know more about me and my writing, head over to my author website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.daniellemcclean.com\">daniellemcclean.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Peace and love,<\/p>\n<p>Danielle<\/p>\n<div class='watch-action'><div class='watch-position align-left'><div class='action-like'><a class='lbg-style1 like-27 jlk' href='javascript:void(0)' data-task='like' data-post_id='27' data-nonce='5d6b07d98d' rel='nofollow'><img class='wti-pixel' src='http:\/\/www.culturallycaribbean.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wti-like-post\/images\/pixel.gif' title='Like' \/><span class='lc-27 lc'>282<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div> <div class='status-27 status align-left'><\/div><\/div><div class='wti-clear'><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am a\u00a0West Indian\u00a0migrant who will forever carry the tropical sun in her veins and\u00a0native rhythms in her hips.\u00a0Yes,\u00a0this blog\u00a0is\u00a0a\u00a0tangible way\u00a0for me to\u00a0embrace my nostalgia,\u00a0but\u00a0it is\u00a0also\u00a0an earnest endeavour to\u00a0learn\u00a0more about\u00a0the cultural heritage\u00a0I strive to share\u00a0with my children. It&#8217;s an opportunity\u00a0to<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.culturallycaribbean.com\/?page_id=27\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"fullwidth-template.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.culturallycaribbean.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.culturallycaribbean.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.culturallycaribbean.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.culturallycaribbean.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.culturallycaribbean.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"http:\/\/www.culturallycaribbean.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":439,"href":"http:\/\/www.culturallycaribbean.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27\/revisions\/439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.culturallycaribbean.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}