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Jamaican Traditional Dance


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Jamaican Traditional Dance. Enslaved africans on the island started to imitate this dance, but they added traditional african dances, such as kumina and dinki mini. Kumina is a traditional jamaican dance, music, and religion that combines african and caribbean rhythms and spirituality.

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With time new dances emerge that express today’s culture replacing some traditional dances. Enslaved africans on the island started to imitate this dance, but they added traditional african dances, such as kumina and dinki mini. Thankfully local cultural festivals help to keep traditional dance forms alive.

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With time new dances emerge that express today’s culture replacing some traditional dances. Enslaved africans on the island started to imitate this dance, but they added traditional african dances, such as kumina and dinki mini. Whether european settlers or african slaves, every new jamaican brought their own native dances, and many have evolved and combined to form. With time new dances emerge that express today’s culture replacing some traditional dances.

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