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Traditional Folk Form

Traditional Folk Form. Dinki Mini Simona Pitt Yudisha Bennett Britani Gayle. What Is Dinki Mini. 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.

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Traditional Folk Form

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  1. Traditional Folk Form Dinki Mini Simona Pitt Yudisha Bennett Britani Gayle

  2. What Is Dinki Mini • 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.

  3. Social Settings Practiced • 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.

  4. Social Settings Practiced • Jamaica’s annual festival activities.

  5. Parishes Practiced In • St. Mary • St. Ann • St. Andrew • Portland GERREH • Hanover • St James • Westmoreland

  6. Religious Aspect Of Dinki Mini • 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.

  7. Dance • 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.

  8. Dance

  9. Dance

  10. Dance

  11. Instruments • Shakas • Katta sticks • Condensed milk tins • Grater and the fork • the tamboo • the benta- • Bamboo with sticks

  12. Shakkas

  13. Grater

  14. Tamboo

  15. Benta

  16. Band Members with Instruments

  17. Band Members with Instruments

  18. Reference • http://www.chat-bout.net/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=2758 • http://timeinjamaica.com/traditional_jamaican_dances#sthash.EQtCmcR6.dpuf

  19. Jamaican Popular Music Simona Pitt YudishaBennet Britani Gayle

  20. Who Started This Genre • Henry “Junjo” Lawes in 1979.

  21. Who Started the 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.

  22. What Is Dancehall • 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

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

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

  25. Dancehall Setting

  26. Instruments Used In Dancehall • Drums •  Bass guitar • Guitar • Organ • Drum • machine •  Sampler  • Synthesizer  •  Organ Early dancehall Modern dancehall

  27. Bass Guitar

  28. Drums

  29. Synthesizer

  30. Sampler

  31. Famous Composers • Dennis Brown • Junior Delgado • John Holt • Barrington Levy • Derrick Harriott

  32. Famous Artists • Tony Matterhorn • RDX • Sean Paul • Lady Saw • Spice • Maka Diamond • Stacious • BeenieMan • Barrington Levy • Yellowman • Capleton • Elephant man • Ghost • D Angel

  33. Shaggy

  34. King Yellow Man

  35. Beenie Man

  36. Lady Saw

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

  38. Reference • http://bestjamaica.com/dance-hall.html • http://blackmystory.net/the-origin-and-culture-of-dancehall/

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