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Bruckins, also spelled brukins, is a Jamaican dance performed primarily to celebrate Emancipation Day.. A dance, whose music has both European and African elements, Bruckins is a "stately, dipping-gliding" dance, and may be derived from the Pavane.
Kromanti dance or Kromanti play (capitalised to Kromanti Dance or Kromanti Play [1]) is a Jamaican Maroon religious ceremony practiced by Jamaican Maroons.It is rooted in traditional African music and religious practices, especially those of the Asante people of Ghana.
Dance has always been important to Jamaica – from colonial times until the present. Early folk rhythms and movements often enhanced Christian religious celebrations or were associated with Christian holidays. More recently, dances have become associated with the music of Jamaica, particularly dancehall styles.
Jamaican dances (1 C, 2 P) M. Merengue music (3 C, 10 P) S. Salsa (5 C, 16 P) Pages in category "Dances of the Caribbean" The following 9 pages are in this category ...
Dancehall dances (3 P) Pages in category "Jamaican dances" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Kumina is an Afro-Jamaican religion, dance and music form. Kumina has practices that include secular ceremonies, dance and music that developed from the beliefs and traditions brought to the island by Kongo enslaved people and indentured labourers, from the Congo region of West Central Africa, during the post-emancipation era. [1]
Dinki Mini is a dance and funerary rite from Jamaica. [1] It is mostly performed in the parishes of Saint Andrew, Saint Mary and Saint Ann. [2] [3]
Dance festivals in Jamaica (1 P) Dancehall dances (3 P) Jamaican dancers (2 C, 13 P) J. Jamaican choreographers (6 P) Jamaican dances (1 C, 2 P) This page was ...