Bornholm amulet Bornholm amulet The Bornholm amulet is an Arabic silver coin with Latin text written with runic inscription. The amulet is only 2.5 cm in diameter. The finding place is unknown but the coin was handed over to the National Museum of Denmark in 1821, with information that the coin was found in the year 1770 on Bornholm. The dating of the amulet was at first considered to be between 907 and 913. In 1965, the dating was revised to be between 885 and 896. The height of the runes are 0,3-0,8 cm. Transliteration Obverse; e(i) (e)asusus kristus= =fil=uis t(e)i fifi
Music of the Virgin Islands Music of the Virgin Islands The music of the Virgin Islands reflects long-standing West Indian cultural ties to the island nations to the south, the islands' African heritage and European colonial history, as well as recent North American influences. Though the United States Virgin Islands and British Virgin Islands are politically separate, they maintain close cultural ties. From its neighbors, the Virgin Islands has imported various pan-Caribbean genres of music, including calypso and soca from Trinidad and reggae from Jamaica. The major indigenous form of music is the scratch band (also called "Fungi band" in the British Virgin Islands), which