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Jamaican Quadrille

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Set dance tradition adapted in Jamaica from European forms and localized through fiddle/banjo rhythm, figures and social performance.

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Jamaica Cultural Development Commission; Olive Lewin; Reggae Routes.

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Dance, body & movementStyle, language, faith & wider cultureEvidence, memory & meta layers

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Jamaica Traditional Folk Forms Quadrille & Maypole

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Official youtube upload (channel: Jamaica Information Service (JIS)); embedded as a discovery-only reference pending editorial review.

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In stories

Story · Well supportedFrom folk practice to studio language

Revival, Kumina, Maroon and mento traditions supplied the rhythms, drums and speech that Jamaica's recording studios later turned into ska, reggae and dub.

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