ROCK‚ REGGAE‚ CUMBIA AND HARD ROCK Reggae A Jamaican music genre which originated from the ska and rocksteady. The word reggae means rags‚ ragged. This also mean ragged dance music. The music style of reggae has an offbeat rhythm‚ syncopated‚ and staccato chords. Reggae music use also stringed instruments like guitar‚ bass guitar and piano. For the percussion‚ reggae use snare drums and tom0tom drums. Horns are also used like the saxophone‚ trumpet and trombone. Some of the lyrics of reggae talk
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Unfortunately‚ all good things have to come to an end. Bob Marley died on May 11‚ 1981due to complications caused by a malignant melanoma. Bob Marley was a 1970’s reggae singer and songwriter who till this day continues to be one of the genre’s most idolized artist. Marley was a part of the Rastafarian religion which influenced a lot of his song-writing and life in general. As a result of the melanoma on his toe‚ amputation was recommended‚ but Marley refused because of a tenet of Rastafarianism
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The University of the West Indies St Augustine Aline Joseph #813004289 Faculty of Social Sciences FOUN 1101: Caribbean Civilisation 2013/2014 Semester 2 Lecturer- Dr. John Campbell Book report Date Submitted- April 7th‚ 2014 The Caribbean is a distinct civilization made up of a range of culture‚ tradition and religious practices. In the Caribbean there are a number of
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and behaviour. (89) Despite the often negative image projected in the press and other writings‚ the Rastafarian movement has grown at a rapid rate. In 1977‚ an estimated 75‚000 native Jamaicans were followers of Rastafari (Davis and Simon‚ Reggae Bloodlines‚ 63). By 1988‚ Barrett conservatively calculated the membership of
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albumn’s and help pave the way for west coast music. Now what is he up to? He recently stepped out of the ordinary and in late 2013 released his first reggae album entitled "Reincarnated". Following his current music Snoop has still remained in some way close to his roots blowing smoke non stop‚ as well as continue to rap‚ aside from his new reggae name and look. You ask yourself what is blowing smoke? It is street term or slang word for "the act of smoking marijuana". Snoop in the past always has
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When it comes to subcultures I have two‚ one is Haitian food‚ and the other one is reggae music. Living in the United States change a lot of things about me‚ but one thing it does not change is my taste for Haitian food. I love Haitian food to a point where I would not trade a Haitian dish for any other dishes in this country. In fact‚ I find it is extremely bizarre if I go to a restaurant and it does not server any dish that is similar to Haitian dish‚ I would not eat. Yet‚ I cannot say that I’m
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Movement. This movement arose in the 1930s when Jamaica was predominately Christian. The movement put forth a powerful message of equality‚ but needed a way to relay this message to the world. With this need‚ a very unique and special form of music‚ reggae‚ came to be. Being that 98% of the populations in Jamaica were descendants of African slaves‚ the movement appealed to the great majority of the people. It sought to spread the message of Haile Selassie I‚ the emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974
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might recognize this religion from the famous singer "Bob Marley" who became a symbol of this religion. If you are anything like me‚ you probably have an image of Rastafarians as wild looking people who constantly smoke marijuana while partying to reggae music. But as the Caribbean Club President Tamara Darroux said: "Rastafarianism is not a hairstyle‚ it’s a lifestyle". After doing an extensive research on this speech‚ I can tell you that Rastafarianism is indeed a lifestyle. Today I would like to
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Regardless of your race‚ gender‚ religion‚ sexual orientation‚ all of us have experienced stereotyping at one time in our life. It is very clear that some are stereotyped far more than others. Why do certain groups feel the effects of this so much more? There are distinct differences between stereotyping‚ prejudice‚ and discrimination‚ we will be exploring the differences between them and how commonly they are used in social society today‚ with or without our own knowledge. Imagine a man named
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of themes‚ the major ones being: cultural affirmation; aspirations to freedom; and resistance to oppression as expressed in rituals such as Vodou‚ Santeria‚ Candomble‚ Kumina‚ or Shango; popular dance-hall styles like "rasin" in Haiti‚ reggae in Jamaica‚ samba-reggae in Brazil; and carnival musics like calypso and soca in Trinidad & Tobago. The mix of culture seems to justify a departure from traditional presentation of music and culture of the Caribbean. Caribbean music was influenced by the triple
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