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Listen: The Bluegrass & Old-Time ProgramMembers from Rasta Samba Gynin playing conga drums during Jamaican Independence Day festival - Miami, Florida.
Image Number
FA1179
Photographer
Sommers, Laurie Kay
Date
1985
Date Note
Photographed in July 1985.
Rights
Collection
Folklife collection
Series 1640, Metro-Dade 1985-1986 ; Box 4, FF3
Series 1640, Metro-Dade 1985-1986 ; Box 4, FF3
Geographic Term
Subject Term
Secular festivals--Florida--Dade County--Miami
Ethnic patriotic celebrations
Jamaican Independence Day
Arts (Performing)--Florida--Dade County--Miami
Musical traditions
Musical traditions, Latin American and Caribbean
Musical traditions, Jamaican
Songs, Ethnic
Songs, Jamaican
Drums
Ethnicity, Jamaican
Ethnicity, Latin American and Caribbean
Community rites--Florida--Dade County--Miami
Practices
Belief and custom
Ethnic festivals--Florida--Dade County--Miami
Festivals--Florida--Dade County--Miami
Manners and customs
Jamaican American entertainers--Florida--Dade County--Miami
Jamaican American musicians--Florida--Dade County--Miami
Musical instruments--Cuba
Congas
Percussion instruments
Music--Performance
Jamaican Americans--Music
Jamaican American men--Florida--Dade County--Miami
Recreation--Florida--Dade County--Miami
Ethnic patriotic celebrations
Jamaican Independence Day
Arts (Performing)--Florida--Dade County--Miami
Musical traditions
Musical traditions, Latin American and Caribbean
Musical traditions, Jamaican
Songs, Ethnic
Songs, Jamaican
Drums
Ethnicity, Jamaican
Ethnicity, Latin American and Caribbean
Community rites--Florida--Dade County--Miami
Practices
Belief and custom
Ethnic festivals--Florida--Dade County--Miami
Festivals--Florida--Dade County--Miami
Manners and customs
Jamaican American entertainers--Florida--Dade County--Miami
Jamaican American musicians--Florida--Dade County--Miami
Musical instruments--Cuba
Congas
Percussion instruments
Music--Performance
Jamaican Americans--Music
Jamaican American men--Florida--Dade County--Miami
Recreation--Florida--Dade County--Miami
Personal Subjects
Corporate Subject
Physical Description
1 photonegative - b&w - 35 mm.
General Note
The man at the left is Eddie Massena.
Members from Rasta Samba Gynin playing conga drums during Jamaican Independence Day festival - Miami, Florida.
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