1. Dinki Mini Simona Pitt Yudisha Bennett Britani Gayle

2.  Dinki Mini is of African origin.  From the Congolese word ‘ndingi’- lamentation or funeral song.  It is also known as gerreh. (tacky)  It is a mixture of song and dance. Dinkies are celebratory occasions.

3.  Dinki Mini was practiced openly throughout slavery.  It is usually performed after the death of a person, and up until the ninth night after the death.  It is usually done outdoors at the home of the deceased.

4.  Jamaica’s annual festival activities.

5.  St. Mary  St. Ann  St. Andrew  Portland GERREH  Hanover  St James  Westmoreland

6.  A ritual is held to send off mature the spirits.  (rock of ages)  Entails the tying of the deceased and taking his or her mattress to the cross roads.

7.  The dance is doe to a mento type of music.  Focuses on the pelvic region.  The dancers, male and female, make suggestive rotations with the pelvis.  It is usually done in couples.

11.  Shakas  Katta sticks  Condensed milk tins  Grater and the fork  the tamboo  the benta-  Bamboo with sticks

18.  http://www.chat- bout.net/index2.php?option=com_content& do_pdf=1&id=2758  http://timeinjamaica.com/traditional_jamaic an_dances#sthash.EQtCmcR6.dpuf

19. Simona Pitt Yudisha Bennet Britani Gayle

20. Henry “Junjo” Lawes in 1979.

21.  Refined by King Jammy in the early 80s, during the transition from dub to dancehall, and original attempts to digitize “hooks” to “toast” over by Jamaican deejays.

22.  This is a popular type of music originated in the late 70s in Jamaica, as a result of varying political and socio-economic factors. It is also known as “bashment”.  predecessor of rap

23.  It got its name, predictably, from large halls or street spaces where deejays were setting up their sound systems.

24.  It is characterized by a deejay singing and toasting (or rapping) over danceable music rhythms.

26. Early dancehall Modern dancehall  Drums  Bass guitar  Guitar  Organ  Drum  machine  Sampler  Synthesizer  Organ

31.  Dennis Brown  Junior Delgado  John Holt  Barrington Levy  Derrick Harriott

32.  Barrington Levy  Yellowman  Capleton  Elephant man  Ghost  D Angel  Tony Matterhorn  RDX  Sean Paul  Lady Saw  Spice  Maka Diamond  Stacious  Beenie Man

37.  Shaggy -Boombastic  Mr. Vegas – Heads High  Pliers-Murder She Wrote  Bounty Killer-Sufferer  QQ- one drop  Vybze Kartel -Summer time  Lady Saw-Heels On  RDX-Kotch  Vybze Kartel- School

38.  http://bestjamaica.com/dance-hall.html http://bestjamaica.com/dance-hall.html  http://blackmystory.net/the-origin-and- culture-of-dancehall/ http://blackmystory.net/the-origin-and- culture-of-dancehall/