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Folk music of Jamaica / recorded by Edward Seaga.

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Format:
Sound recording
Contributor:
Seaga, Edward P. G.
Alexander Street Press.
Series:
Ethnic Folkways library
Ethnic folkways library
Smithsonian global sound for libraries
Language:
Undetermined
Subjects (All):
Folk songs--Jamaica.
Folk songs.
Revivals--Jamaica.
Revivals.
Sects--Jamaica.
Sects.
Jamaica--Religion.
Jamaica.
Religion.
Genre:
Sound recordings.
Folk music.
Physical Description:
1 online resource.
Place of Publication:
New York : Ethnic Folkways Records, [1956]
System Details:
Mode of Access: World Wide Web.
Contents:
Kumina "country" songs with drums
Kumina "bailo" [with] drums and scraper
Work songs
Ring play
Zion "chorus" with drum, tambourine, clapping
Zion "bands chorus" & "blowing."
Zion "chorus."
Zion "groaning."
Pukkamina prayer with rattles
Pukkamina "chorus."
Pukkamina, 3 cymbals
Pukkumina cymbal.
Notes:
"All selections were collected in the process of a two year study of religious cults in Jamaica. The recordings were all made during the natural proceedings of the festivities by the participants for their own purposes."
Originally issued 1956 as P 453.
Program notes by Edward Seago and texts inserted in original container.
Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2009. (Smithsonian global sound for libraries). Available via World Wide Web.
Other Format:
FE 4453
OCLC:
698168246
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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