Jippi Jappa Festival in Port Antonio Square

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Title

Jippi Jappa Festival in Port Antonio Square

Description

"Public concert: Despite overcast skies, hundreds of people turned out to the Port Antonio town square recently to watch the Generation Gap and leading Jamaican artistes, in the first in a series of open air reggae concerts to be held in Port Antonio for the duration of the Jippi-Jappa Festival. The concerts in Port Antonio are being held fortnightly and here Black Mafia dance group put on a 'dread' dance."

Subject

Concerts; Reggae musicians; Crowds; Port Antonio (Portland, Jamaica); Courthouses - Jamaica

Creator

Roy 'Johnny' O'Brien (Jamaica Tourist Board)

Date

19-Nov-1976

Source

NLJ Photograph Collection IN: Daily News Collection - Festivals, Ja. - Jippi Jappa Festival

Identifier

D0006650

Rights

Permission to reproduce this image must be obtained from the National Library of Jamaica.

Format

JPEG

Type

Photograph

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Citation

Roy 'Johnny' O'Brien (Jamaica Tourist Board), “Jippi Jappa Festival in Port Antonio Square,” National Library of Jamaica Digital Collection , accessed November 30, 2023, https://nljdigital.nlj.gov.jm/items/show/5904.