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    This document is Shanika Wright's school project about dance in Jamaica. It includes the title, her name, school, teacher, and topic. It defines dance as rhythmic body movement, usually to music, that allows self-expression. It discusses several traditional Jamaican dances - Bruckins, Burru, Dinki-mini, Ettu, Gerreh, Gumbay, and Jonkunnu - and provides a brief history and description of movements and instruments for each one. The project examines the cultural significance and origins of different Jamaican folk dances.

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    This document is Shanika Wright's school project about dance in Jamaica. It includes the title, her name, school, teacher, and topic. It defines dance as rhythmic body movement, usually to music, that allows self-expression. It discusses several traditional Jamaican dances - Bruckins, Burru, Dinki-mini, Ettu, Gerreh, Gumbay, and Jonkunnu - and provides a brief history and description of movements and instruments for each one. The project examines the cultural significance and origins of different Jamaican folk dances.

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    This document is Shanika Wright's school project about dance in Jamaica. It includes the title, her name, school, teacher, and topic. It defines dance as rhythmic body movement, usually to music, that allows self-expression. It discusses several traditional Jamaican dances - Bruckins, Burru, Dinki-mini, Ettu, Gerreh, Gumbay, and Jonkunnu - and provides a brief history and description of movements and instruments for each one. The project examines the cultural significance and origins of different Jamaican folk dances.

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    Name: Shanika Wright

    School: Rousseau Primary School

    Teacher: Ms Mitchell

    Topic: Dance
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    Definition of dance………………………………………..………………………3

    Types of dances in Jamaica …………………………………….…………………4

    history Of Jamaican dance………………………………………………………...5


    Dance

    Dance is an art form where the body moves rhythmically, usually to the beat of the

    music. A simple movement such as walking, clapping in a pattern, to a particular

    rhythm, can be termed as dance. Dance allows you to express your emotions and

    communicate with the rest of the world. It also helps in engaging you; socially,

    physically, and emotionally all at the same time.

    Every culture has a different dance form associated with it. It was used for varying

    purposes that reveal much about their way of life. It can be an art, or ritual or could be

    used to tell tales of the past.


    Types of dances in Jamaica and their history
    Bruckins
    Bruckins, a creolised traditional dance, is a unique mixture of African and European
    influences. Bruckins is a stately, dipping-gliding dance typified by the “thrust and recovery”
    action of the hip and leg. It was performed to celebrate Emancipation from slavery on August
    1st, 1838.
    Burru
    Burru comes from Lionel Town and Hayes (Clarendon). The dance has strong fertility
    elements with rotating action of the hip while bending through the knees accompanied by
    breaks of intermittent small jumps.
    Dinki-mini
    Dinki-mini is from the parish of St. Mary. It is usually performed after the death of a person
    on the ninth night to cheer up the bereaved. During the performance the male dancer bends
    one leg at the knee and makes high leaps on the other foot. Both male and females dance
    together with very suggestive pelvic movements. The benta, a large one-string bamboo zither
    native to Jamaica, is an integral part of the band.
    Ettu
    Ettu dance originated in west Africa and was performed in the parish of Hanover. It is
    believed that Ettu is a corruption of the word Edo, the name of a Yoruba tribe. The dance
    involves lifting, and dropping the elbows and shoulders, with the feet doing sideways
    shuffling steps. The songs are short and repetitive, using only four notes and sung in a
    Yoruba dialect.
    Gerreh
    Gerreh also originated in Africa and performed the night after a person’s death, to cheer the
    bereaved. It is like Dinki Mini and Zella with more hip movements mainly by the female
    dancers. Similar instruments are played to those used in Dinki Mini, except the benta.
    Gumbay
    Gumbay dance is an element of Gumbay healing cult. It was performed in the parish of St.
    Elizabeth and has its origins in Myal. The dance involves a series of long steps followed by
    vibrating sideways body movements, wheeling turns and sudden stops with the pelvic in a
    forward tilt. This dance is well known among the Maroons.
    Jonkunnu
    Jonkunnu is performed by a roving band of dancers in masquerade along with a musical
    band. They usually perform in towns and villages around Christmas time. The musicians
    play well known traditional songs with their fife, bass and rattling drums, shakas and graters.
    The dance characters were usually performed by men - King and Queen, Cow Head, Horse
    Head, Devil, Pitchy Patchy, Red Indians and Belly Woman.

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