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Gerreh

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An African-derived wake/Nine-Night dance performed to cheer the bereaved, associated with the western parishes and often danced on and around bamboo poles.

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Jamaica Information Service 'Jamaican Traditional Folk Forms - Gerreh'; JCDC.

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Dance, body & movement

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Jamaican Traditional Folk Forms-Gerreh

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GERREH - Jamaican #BambooDance - Manchoneal Cultural Group

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