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Gombay dancers
"Gombay, a medicine dance, is performed by dancers from St. Elizabeth. This dance is done as therapy, working to the solutions of problems."
An Ettu group from Hanover
"An Ettu [or Etu] group from Hanover demonstrate a ceremonial dance to guests of the Club Caribbean Hotel in Runaway Bay recently. Ettu, like Kumina is based on African religions. The group shown here are able to trace their ancestry back to the…
Nkpokiti Acrobatic dancers from Asambra State of Nigeria
"Nkpokoti Acrobatic Dancers from Asambra State of Nigeria who will be performing in Jamaica from October 3-5 as guests of the Jamaican Government. The most fascinating aspect of the dance is the tree formation in which all the dancers are involved.…
Gardens dancers performing Kumina
"Kumina: Members of the Kingston-based Garden Dancers go through their routine of Kumina, an African folk drum dancer (once used to invoke spirits at receptions) in the Hell Fire Club of the Hotel Rose Hall Inter-Continental. Morvin Brooks, 1973…
Crescent All-Age School dancers
"Dancers from the Crescent All-Age School performing at the launching of the St. Catherine 'Project Pull Together' at the Prison Oval in Spanish Town."
One People dance group
"These young ladies who form the One People dance group performed their festival prize-winning number - Balaclava."
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David Weller
Jamaican sprint cyclists on their bicycles. Left to right: Honson Chin, David Weller & Radcliffe Lawrence