Traditional Folk Form

Traditional Folk Form

Dinki MiniSimona Pitt

Yudisha BennettBritani Gayle

Dinki Mini is of African origin. From the Congolese word ‘ndingi’-

lamentation or funeral song. It is also known as gerreh. (tacky) It is a mixture of song and dance.

Dinkies are celebratory occasions.

What Is Dinki Mini

Dinki Mini was practiced openly throughout slavery .

It is usually performed after the death of a person, and up until the ninth night after the death.

It is usually done outdoors at the home of the deceased.

Social Settings Practiced

Jamaica’s annual festival activities.

Social Settings Practiced

St. Mary St. Ann St. Andrew Portland

GERREH Hanover St James Westmoreland

Parishes Practiced In

A ritual is held to send off mature the spirits.

(rock of ages) Entails the tying of the deceased and taking

his or her mattress to the cross roads.

Religious Aspect Of Dinki Mini

The dance is doe to a mento type of music. Focuses on the pelvic region. The dancers, male and female, make

suggestive rotations with the pelvis. It is usually done in couples.

Dance

Dance

Dance

Dance

Shakas Katta sticks Condensed milk tins Grater and the fork the tamboo the benta- Bamboo with sticks

Instruments

Shakkas

Grater

Tamboo

Benta

Band Members with Instruments

Band Members with Instruments

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Reference

Jamaican Popular Music

Simona PittYudisha BennetBritani Gayle

Henry “Junjo” Lawes in 1979.

Who Started This Genre

Refined by King Jammy in the early 80s, during the transition from dub to dancehall, and original attempts to digitize “hooks” to “toast” over by Jamaican deejays.

Who Started the Genre

This is a popular  type of  music originated in the late 70s in Jamaica, as a result of varying political and socio-economic factors. It is also known as “bashment”.

predecessor of rap

What Is Dancehall

It got its name, predictably, from large halls or street spaces where deejays were setting up their sound systems.

Dancehall

It is characterized by a deejay singing and toasting (or rapping) over danceable music rhythms.

Dancehall

Dancehall Setting

Instruments Used In Dancehall

Early dancehall Modern dancehall

Drums  Bass guitar Guitar Organ

Drum machine Sampler Synthesizer  Organ

Bass Guitar

Drums

Synthesizer

Sampler

Dennis Brown

Junior Delgado

John Holt

Barrington Levy

Derrick Harriott

Famous Composers

Barrington Levy Yellowman Capleton Elephant man Ghost D Angel

Tony Matterhorn RDX Sean Paul Lady Saw Spice Maka Diamond Stacious Beenie Man

Famous Artists

Shaggy

King Yellow Man

Beenie Man

Lady Saw

Shaggy -Boombastic Mr. Vegas – Heads High Pliers-Murder She Wrote Bounty Killer-Sufferer QQ- one drop Vybze Kartel -Summer time Lady Saw-Heels On RDX-Kotch Vybze Kartel- School

Famous Songs

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e-of-dancehall/

Reference