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Hellshire Beach, Portmore, St Catherine

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The fishing beach across the harbour from Kingston in Portmore, and the city's Sunday morning institution — fried fish, festival and sound systems on the sand. Its place in the music is as dancehall's day-off: the scene where the culture relaxes in daylight, photographed and filmed for decades.

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Story · Well supportedBeaches, ovals and lawns: where the dance actually happened

The Jamaican stage is usually open to the sky - a beach, a sports oval, a plantation lawn.

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