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Folk Music of Jamaica

Various Artists
Folk Music of Jamaica

This compilation provides a glimpse into the secular and religious musics of Jamaica. Work songs sung to occupy and energize manual laborers are placed side by side with "ring play" which consists of spontaneous song-games played in a circle in the moonlight, sometimes during wakes; Christian cult music of Revival Zion and Pocomania is juxtaposed with "Afro" magico-religious cult music kumina.

Track Listing

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101
Kumina "Country" Songs (1) Kumina singers 02:13
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102
Kumina "Country" Songs (2) Kumina singers 03:15
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103
Kumina "Country" Songs (3) Kumina singers 03:10
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104
Kumina "Bailo" Kumina singers 02:30
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105
Work Songs (1) n/a 01:44
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106
Work Songs (2) n/a 03:08
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107
Ring Play (1) n/a 02:15
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108
Ring Play (2) n/a 03:05
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201
Zion "Chorus" (1) n/a 01:47
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202
Zion "Bands Chorus" and "Blowing" (1) n/a 01:38
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203
Zion "Bands Chorus" and "Blowing" (2) n/a 01:22
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204
Zion "Chorus" (2) Three female members of the group 01:40
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205
Zion "Groaning" n/a 01:37
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206
Pukkumina Prayer n/a 02:16
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207
Pukkumina "Chorus" n/a 01:43
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208
Pukkumina, 3 Cymbals n/a 02:21
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209
Pukkumina Cymbal n/a 08:05