Some of the old people still speak English and Patois (a mixture of English and French). Many of the traditions from the Antillean islands are very much alive: in its fabulous carnival party and contagious calypso music, in the large, colourful dresses worn by the ‘Madamas’ (from the French ‘Le Madame’; it refers to the black matriarchs from the Antilles and those born in El Callao) and in the mouth-watering food and drinks (such as Monki Pi and Yinya Bie, phonetic translations of Monkey’s Piss and Ginger Beer).