The signature meal you should have in Saint Lucia is green figs and salt fish, the island's national dish. Locals boil unripe bananas and then add salt-cured boiled or flaked cod. It's a hearty dish made with various herbs and spices.
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St Lucia is a country with a mixed economy, facing both economic opportunities and challenges. While it is not considered a rich country by developed-world standards, its citizens enjoy a high quality of life and a rich cultural heritage, making it a unique and valuable place to call home.
Tradition has it that Lucia is to wear 'light in her hair', which in practice means a crown of electric candles in a wreath on her head. Each of her handmaidens carries a candle, too. Parents gather in the dark with their mobile cameras at the ready.
Local (seasonal) fruits include: Mangoes, Guavas, Wax apples, Love apples, a few different types of “plums” passion fruit, sugar apple, soursop, starfruit (Karambola), tamarind, avocados and acerola (cherries (high in Vitamin C, locals call them barbadian cherries).
Along with the other Windward Islands, St. Lucia became a federated state associated with the United Kingdom in 1967. Although it achieved independence in 1979, St. Lucia remains a member of the British Commonwealth.