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Mento band

Also known as Mento

Mento band: photograph by Bryan Ledgard
Photo: Bryan Ledgard, CC BY 2.0, source on Wikimedia Commons

Join a mento string band: pluck the rumba box bass, strum the banjo, shake maracas and keep the offbeat swing while folk verses play.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Jamaica.

Origins

A living tradition passed from person to person; it is not tied to a single dated origin. It belongs to the cultural world of The Americas: Caribbean.

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