The Jamaican culture is characterized by syncretism resulting from the mixture of various peoples who inhabit the island since the early days of its discovery by the Spaniards in the seventeenth century. The native Arawaks (aruwak) joined the Latins Spanish, black Africans, the British, who ruled the island later than immigrants who have moved there after the extinction of the slave regime. Of these, the Hindu immigrants are most notable for their influence on various aspects of local behavior, especially in the realm of religion. This is because the things that pertain to religion arouse deep interest in that community, essentially mystical despite officially being predominantly Anglican. Anglicanism of the island could not avoid the mixing of ideas and theology of the average Jamaican houses varied traditions ranging from Christianity to African traditional rituals such as Vodoo, for example.

Religion and music are the most iconic cultural elements of Jamaica. The country is the birthplace of Rastafarianism and reggae-music, two expressions of subjectivity identity are closely linked. The Rastafarian religion is a reaction against the original place of spirituality standards imposed by European religion. The black population is descended from Jamaican waves of slaves who were imprisoned in different regions of Africa, but above all, the most refined cultures belonged to the north of the continent that flourished in countries such as Sudan, Somalia and Ethiopia. In these regions, the black population of the seventeenth century, many generations had contact with varying beliefs. The most important were: Judaism, Islam and Orthodox Christianity. These black people spoke languages ​​"exotic" like Arabic and Aramaic, besides the African Yoruba and kwa, among others.