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Nyabinghi, also Nyahbinghi, Niyabinghi, Niyahbinghi, is the gathering of Rastafari people to celebrate and commemorate key dates significant to Rastafari throughout the year.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 32 relations: Asante Empire, Atlantic slave trade, Babatunde Olatunji, Bob Marley, Burru, Christianity, Drum, Drum stroke, Drums of Passion, Ghana, Goat, Groundation, Hip hop music, Improvisation, Jamaica, Jimmy Cliff, Kingston, Jamaica, List of Niyabinghi chants, Mallet, Mansions of Rastafari, Membranophone, Psalms, Rastafari, Reggae, Reggae genres, Rhythm, Rocksteady, Shekere, Sizzla, Ska, Syncopation, The Skatalites.

  2. Music of Jamaica
  3. Reggae

Asante Empire

The Ashanti Empire (Asante Twi: Asanteman), sometimes called the Asante Empire, was an Akan state that lasted from 1701 to 1901, in what is now modern-day Ghana.

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Atlantic slave trade

The Atlantic slave trade or transatlantic slave trade involved the transportation by slave traders of enslaved African people to the Americas.

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Babatunde Olatunji

Michael Babatunde Olatunji (April 7, 1927 – April 6, 2003) was a Nigerian drummer, educator, social activist, and recording artist.

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Bob Marley

Robert Nesta Marley (6 February 1945 – 11 May 1981) was a Jamaican reggae singer, guitarist, and songwriter.

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Burru

Burru is an Ashanti-born style of drumming used in Jamaican music. Nyabinghi rhythm and Burru are music of Jamaica.

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Christianity

Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.

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Drum

The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments.

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Drum stroke

In music, a drum stroke is a movement which produces a single or multiple notes on drums or other percussion instruments such as cymbals.

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Drums of Passion

Drums of Passion is an album produced by Babatunde Olatunji, a percussionist from Nigeria, in 1960.

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Ghana

Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa.

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Goat

The goat or domestic goat (Capra hircus) is a species of domesticated goat-antelope that is mostly kept as livestock.

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Groundation

Groundation is an American roots reggae band with jazz and dub influences, from Sonoma County in Northern California.

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Hip hop music

Hip hop or hip-hop, also known as rap and formerly as disco rap, is a genre of popular music that originated in the early 1970s from the African American community.

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Improvisation

Improvisation, often shortened to improv, is the activity of making or doing something not planned beforehand, using whatever can be found.

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Jamaica

Jamaica is an island country in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies. At, it is the third largest island—after Cuba and Hispaniola—of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean. Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, west of Hispaniola (the island containing Haiti and the Dominican Republic), and south-east of the Cayman Islands (a British Overseas Territory).

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Jimmy Cliff

James Chambers, OM (born 30 July 1944), known professionally as Jimmy Cliff, is a Jamaican ska, rocksteady, reggae and soul musician, multi-instrumentalist, singer, and actor.

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Kingston, Jamaica

Kingston is the capital and largest city of Jamaica, located on the southeastern coast of the island.

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List of Niyabinghi chants

Niyabinghi chanting typically includes recitation of the Psalms, but may also include variations of well-known Christian hymns and adopted by Rastafarians. Nyabinghi rhythm and List of Niyabinghi chants are music of Jamaica.

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Mallet

A mallet is a tool used for imparting force on another object, often made of rubber or sometimes wood, that is smaller than a maul or beetle, and usually has a relatively large head.

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Mansions of Rastafari

Mansions of Rastafari is an umbrella term for the various groups of the Rastafari movement.

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Membranophone

A membranophone is any musical instrument which produces sound primarily by way of a vibrating stretched membrane.

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Psalms

The Book of Psalms (תְּהִלִּים|Tehillīm|praises; Psalmós; Liber Psalmorum; Zabūr), also known as the Psalms, or the Psalter, is the first book of the third section of the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) called ("Writings"), and a book of the Old Testament.

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Rastafari

Rastafari, sometimes called Rastafarianism, is an Abrahamic religion that developed in Jamaica during the 1930s.

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Reggae

Reggae is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s.

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Reggae genres

There are several subgenres of reggae music including various predecessors to the form. Nyabinghi rhythm and reggae genres are reggae.

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Rhythm

Rhythm (from Greek ῥυθμός, rhythmos, "any regular recurring motion, symmetry") generally means a "movement marked by the regulated succession of strong and weak elements, or of opposite or different conditions".

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Rocksteady

Rocksteady is a music genre that originated in Jamaica around 1966.

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Shekere

The shekere (from Yoruba Ṣẹ̀kẹ̀rẹ̀) is a Yoruba percussion instrument consisting of a dried gourd with beads or cowries woven into a net covering the gourd.

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Sizzla

Miguel Orlando Collins (born 17 April 1976), known by his stage name Sizzla Kalonji or Sizzla, is a Jamaican reggae musician.

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Ska

Ska (skia) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. Nyabinghi rhythm and Ska are music of Jamaica.

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Syncopation

In music, syncopation is a variety of rhythms played together to make a piece of music, making part or all of a tune or piece of music off-beat.

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The Skatalites

The Skatalites are a ska band from Jamaica.

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See also

Music of Jamaica

Reggae

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyabinghi_rhythm

Also known as Akete, Niyahbinghi, Nyabinghi drums.