ocr: St.Lucia now has a rich, tension-tree racial mix of descendants of. Africans, Carib Indians and European settlers. Despite relaxed attitudes, family life is still umportant to most St.Lucians, many of whom are practicing Roman Catholics. The nuclear tamily is the norm, but in rural districts, where wonlell run many of the farms, absentee fathers are fairly common. In recent years, women have had greater access to university education and are moving into the legal, medical and financial professions.
