text: "Do the Reggay" is a reggae song by The Maytals. Written by Toots Hibbert, produced by Leslie Kong and released on Beverly's Records in Jamaica and Pyramid Records in the UK in 1968. "Do the Reggay" was the first popular song to use the word "reggae" and defined the developing genre by giving it its name. At that time, "reggay" had been the name of a passing dance fashion in Jamaica, but the song's connection of the word with the music itself led to its use for the style of music that developed from it.

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text: Reggay

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text: reggae

text: song

text: by

text: The

text: Maytals

text: Written

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text: Toots

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text: produced

text: by

text: Leslie

text: Kong

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text: released

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text: Beverly

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text: Pyramid

text: Records

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text: the

text: UK

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text: developing

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text: music

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text: Haiti , officially the Republic of Haiti, is a sovereign state located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea. It occupies the western three-eighths of the island, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Haiti is in size and has an estimated 10.6 million people, making it the most populous country in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the second-most populous country in the Caribbean as a whole.

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text: western

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text: eighths

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text: island

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text: it

text: shares

text: with

text: the

text: Dominican

text: Republic

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text: in

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text: an

text: estimated

text: million

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text: it

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text: most

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text: Caribbean

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text: second

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text: Caribbean

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Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated as R&B or RnB, is a genre of popular African-American music that originated in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a heavy, insistent beat" was becoming more popular.
In the commercial rhythm and blues music typical of the 1950s through the 1970s, the bands usually consisted of piano, one or two guitars, bass, drums, saxophone, and sometimes background vocalists. R&B lyrical themes often encapsulate the African-American experience of pain and the quest for freedom and joy. Lyrics focus heavily on the themes of triumphs and failures in terms of relationships, freedom, economics, aspirations, and sex.

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text: commercial

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text: sometimes

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text: and

text: the

text: quest

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text: joy

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text: themes

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text: Key West is an island in the Straits of Florida on the North American continent, at the southernmost tip of the Florida Keys. The island is about from Cuba.

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text: Straits

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text: Florida

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text: North

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text: southernmost

text: tip

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text: the

text: Florida

text: Keys

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text: island

text: is

text: about

text: from

text: Cuba

text: Suriname (or , also spelled Surinam), officially known as the Republic of Suriname, is a sovereign state on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South America. It is bordered by French Guiana to the east, Guyana to the west and Brazil to the south. At just under , it is the smallest country in South America. Suriname has a population of approximately 566,000, most of whom live on the country's north coast, in and around the capital and largest city, Paramaribo.

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text: east

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text: Santería, also known as Regla de Ochá , La Regla de Ifá, or Lucumi is a syncretic religion of Caribbean origin that developed in the Spanish Empire among West African descendants. "Santeria" is also a Spanish word that means the worship of saints. Santería is influenced by and syncretized with Roman Catholicism. Its liturgical language, a dialect of Yoruba, is also known as Lucumí.

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text: Spanish

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text: also

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text: means

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text: worship

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text: Yoruba

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text: known

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text: Lucumí

text: Ska (Jamaican ) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. Ska combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues. It is characterized by a walking bass line accented with rhythms on the off-beat. Ska developed in Jamaica in the 1960s when Prince Buster, Clement "Coxsone" Dodd, and Duke Reid formed sound systems to play American rhythm & blues and then began recording their own songs. Some suggest ska dates to earlier times, however. In the early 1960s, ska was the dominant music genre of Jamaica and was popular with British mods. Later it became popular with many skinheads.

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text: that

text: originated

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text: in

text: the

text: late

text: and

text: was

text: the

text: precursor

text: to

text: rocksteady

text: and

text: reggae

text: Ska

text: combined

text: elements

text: of

text: Caribbean

text: mento

text: and

text: calypso

text: with

text: American

text: jazz

text: and

text: rhythm

text: and

text: blues

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text: is

text: characterized

text: by

text: walking

text: bass

text: line

text: accented

text: with

text: rhythms

text: on

text: the

text: off

text: beat

text: Ska

text: developed

text: in

text: Jamaica

text: in

text: the

text: when

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text: Buster

text: Clement

text: Coxsone

text: Dodd

text: and

text: Duke

text: Reid

text: formed

text: sound

text: systems

text: to

text: play

text: American

text: rhythm

text: blues

text: and

text: then

text: began

text: recording

text: their

text: own

text: songs

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text: suggest

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text: to

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text: times

text: however

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text: early

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text: was

text: the

text: dominant

text: music

text: genre

text: of

text: Jamaica

text: and

text: was

text: popular

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text: British

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text: became

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text: Jazz is a music genre that originated amongst African Americans in New Orleans, United States, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Since the 1920s jazz age, jazz has become recognized as a major form of musical expression. It emerged in the form of independent traditional and popular musical styles, all linked by the common bonds of African American and European American musical parentage with a performance orientation. Jazz is characterized by swing and blue notes, call and response vocals, polyrhythms and improvisation. Jazz has roots in West African cultural and musical expression, and in African-American music traditions including blues and ragtime, as well as European military band music. Although the foundation of jazz is deeply rooted within the Black experience of the United States, different cultures have contributed their own experience and styles to the art form as well. Intellectuals around the world have hailed jazz as "one of America's original art forms".

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text: States

text: in

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text: late

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text: early

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text: jazz

text: age

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text: become

text: recognized

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text: major

text: form

text: of

text: musical

text: expression

text: It

text: emerged

text: in

text: the

text: form

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text: traditional

text: and

text: popular

text: musical

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text: linked

text: by

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text: common

text: bonds

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text: African

text: American

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text: European

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text: performance

text: orientation

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text: characterized

text: by

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text: and

text: blue

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text: and

text: response

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text: and

text: improvisation

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text: roots

text: in

text: West

text: African

text: cultural

text: and

text: musical

text: expression

text: and

text: in

text: African

text: American

text: music

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text: ragtime

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text: European

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text: foundation

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text: deeply

text: rooted

text: within

text: the

text: Black

text: experience

text: of

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: different

text: cultures

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text: contributed

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text: own

text: experience

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text: styles

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text: art

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text: well

text: Intellectuals

text: around

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text: world

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text: hailed

text: jazz

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text: one

text: of

text: America

text: 's

text: original

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text: A mask is an object normally worn on the face, typically for protection, disguise, performance, or entertainment. Masks have been used since antiquity for both ceremonial and practical purposes. They are usually worn on the face, although they may also be positioned for effect elsewhere on the wearer's body. In parts of Australia, giant totem masks cover the body, whilst Inuit women use finger masks during storytelling and dancing.

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text: body

text: whilst

text: Inuit

text: women

text: use

text: finger

text: masks

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text: storytelling

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text: dancing

text: The Americas, also collectively called America, encompass the totality of the continents of North America and South America. Together they make up most of Earth's western hemisphere and comprise the "New World".

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text: Americas

text: also

text: collectively

text: called

text: America

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text: the

text: totality

text: of

text: the

text: continents

text: of

text: North

text: America

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text: South

text: America

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text: make

text: up

text: most

text: of

text: Earth

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text: hemisphere

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text: comprise

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text: World

text: Guyana (pronounced or ), officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, is a sovereign state on the northern mainland of South America. It is, however, included in the Caribbean Region due to its strong cultural, historical, and political ties with the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). Guyana is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north, Brazil to the south and southwest, Suriname to the east and Venezuela to the west. With , Guyana is the fourth-smallest country on mainland South America after Uruguay, Suriname and French Guiana.

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text: or

text: officially

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text: Co

text: operative

text: Republic

text: of

text: Guyana

text: is

text: sovereign

text: state

text: on

text: the

text: northern

text: mainland

text: of

text: South

text: America

text: It

text: is

text: however

text: included

text: in

text: the

text: Caribbean

text: Region

text: due

text: to

text: its

text: strong

text: cultural

text: historical

text: and

text: political

text: ties

text: with

text: the

text: Caribbean

text: Community

text: CARICOM

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text: is

text: bordered

text: by

text: the

text: Atlantic

text: Ocean

text: to

text: the

text: north

text: Brazil

text: to

text: the

text: south

text: and

text: southwest

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text: to

text: the

text: east

text: and

text: Venezuela

text: to

text: the

text: west

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text: Guyana

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text: the

text: fourth

text: smallest

text: country

text: on

text: mainland

text: South

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text: after

text: Uruguay

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text: French

text: Guiana

text: The West Indies or Caribbean Basin is a region of the North Atlantic Ocean in the Caribbean, that includes the island nations and surrounding waters of three major archipelagoes: the Greater Antilles, the Lesser Antilles and the Lucayan Archipelago. The term is synonymous with the term "Caribbean Basin". The region is known as the area running from Florida westward along the Gulf coast, then south along the Mexican coast through Central America and then eastward across the northern coast of South America. Bermuda is also included within the region even though it is in the west-central Atlantic, due to its common cultural history created by European colonization of the region, and in most of the region by the presence of a significant group of African descent.

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text: region

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text: North

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text: Caribbean

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text: includes

text: the

text: island

text: nations

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text: surrounding

text: waters

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text: archipelagoes

text: the

text: Greater

text: Antilles

text: the

text: Lesser

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text: the

text: Lucayan

text: Archipelago

text: The

text: term

text: is

text: synonymous

text: with

text: the

text: term

text: Caribbean

text: Basin

text: The

text: region

text: is

text: known

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text: the

text: area

text: running

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text: Florida

text: westward

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text: the

text: Gulf

text: coast

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text: south

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text: the

text: Mexican

text: coast

text: through

text: Central

text: America

text: and

text: then

text: eastward

text: across

text: the

text: northern

text: coast

text: of

text: South

text: America

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text: also

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text: region

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text: is

text: in

text: the

text: west

text: central

text: Atlantic

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text: common

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text: region

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text: region

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text: presence

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text: group

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text: Boxing Day is a holiday celebrated the day after Christmas Day. It originated in the United Kingdom, and is celebrated in a number of countries that previously formed part of the British Empire. Boxing Day is on 26 December, although the attached bank holiday or public holiday may take place either on that day or a day later.

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text: day

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text: United

text: Kingdom

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text: in

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text: part

text: of

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text: British

text: Empire

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text: on

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text: attached

text: bank

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text: day

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text: North Africa or Northern Africa is the northernmost region of Africa. The United Nations definition of "North Africa" includes seven countries and territories; Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia, and Western Sahara. The countries of Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, and Libya are often collectively referred to as the Maghreb, which is the Arabic word for "sunset". Egypt lies to the northeast and encompasses part of West Asia, while Sudan is situated on the edge of the Sahel, to the south of Egypt.

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text: the

text: northernmost

text: region

text: of

text: Africa

text: The

text: United

text: Nations

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text: of

text: North

text: Africa

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text: seven

text: countries

text: and

text: territories

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text: Egypt

text: Libya

text: Mauritania

text: Morocco

text: Sudan

text: Tunisia

text: and

text: Western

text: Sahara

text: The

text: countries

text: of

text: Algeria

text: Morocco

text: Tunisia

text: and

text: Libya

text: are

text: often

text: collectively

text: referred

text: to

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text: the

text: Maghreb

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text: is

text: the

text: Arabic

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text: to

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text: northeast

text: and

text: encompasses

text: part

text: of

text: West

text: Asia

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text: Sudan

text: is

text: situated

text: on

text: the

text: edge

text: of

text: the

text: Sahel

text: to

text: the

text: south

text: of

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text: Barbados (or ) is a sovereign island country in the Lesser Antilles, in the Americas. It is in length and up to in width, covering an area of . It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, it is about east of the islands of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and north-east of Trinidad and Tobago. Barbados is outside of the principal Atlantic hurricane belt. Its capital is Bridgetown. Barbados is Southeast of Miami.

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text: Lesser

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text: Americas

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text: length

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text: width

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text: It

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text: western

text: area

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text: the

text: North

text: Atlantic

text: and

text: east

text: of

text: the

text: Windward

text: Islands

text: and

text: the

text: Caribbean

text: Sea

text: therein

text: it

text: is

text: about

text: east

text: of

text: the

text: islands

text: of

text: Saint

text: Vincent

text: and

text: the

text: Grenadines

text: and

text: north

text: east

text: of

text: Trinidad

text: and

text: Tobago

text: Barbados

text: is

text: outside

text: of

text: the

text: principal

text: Atlantic

text: hurricane

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text: capital

text: is

text: Bridgetown

text: Barbados

text: is

text: Southeast

text: of

text: Miami

text: A poet is a person who writes poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be a writer of poetry, or may perform their art to an audience.

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text: The Caribbean (or ) is a region that consists of the Caribbean Sea, its islands (some surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean) and the surrounding coasts. The region is southeast of the Gulf of Mexico and the North American mainland, east of Central America, and north of South America.

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text: Caribbean

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text: islands

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text: surrounded

text: by

text: the

text: Caribbean

text: Sea

text: and

text: some

text: bordering

text: both

text: the

text: Caribbean

text: Sea

text: and

text: the

text: North

text: Atlantic

text: Ocean

text: and

text: the

text: surrounding

text: coasts

text: The

text: region

text: is

text: southeast

text: of

text: the

text: Gulf

text: of

text: Mexico

text: and

text: the

text: North

text: American

text: mainland

text: east

text: of

text: Central

text: America

text: and

text: north

text: of

text: South

text: America

text: Antoine "Fats" Domino, Jr. (born February 26, 1928) is an American pianist and singer-songwriter of French Creole descent. Five of his records released before 1955 sold over a million copies and were certified as gold records, and he had 35 records in the U.S. Top 40. His musical style is based on traditional rhythm and blues, accompanied by saxophones, bass, piano, electric guitar, and drums.

text: Antoine

text: Fats

text: Domino

text: Jr.

text: born

text: February

text: is

text: an

text: American

text: pianist

text: and

text: singer

text: songwriter

text: of

text: French

text: Creole

text: descent

text: Five

text: of

text: his

text: records

text: released

text: before

text: sold

text: over

text: million

text: copies

text: and

text: were

text: certified

text: as

text: gold

text: records

text: and

text: he

text: had

text: records

text: in

text: the

text: U.S.

text: Top

text: His

text: musical

text: style

text: is

text: based

text: on

text: traditional

text: rhythm

text: and

text: blues

text: accompanied

text: by

text: saxophones

text: bass

text: piano

text: electric

text: guitar

text: and

text: drums

text: Allen Toussaint (January 14, 1938  November 10, 2015) was an American musician, songwriter, arranger and record producer, who was an influential figure in New Orleans R&B from the 1950s to the end of the century, described as "one of popular musics great backroom figures." Many musicians recorded Toussaint's compositions, including "Java", "Mother-in-Law", "I Like It Like That", "Fortune Teller", "Ride Your Pony", "Get Out of My Life, Woman", "Working in the Coal Mine", "Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky", "Here Come the Girls", "Yes We Can Can", "Play Something Sweet", and "Southern Nights". He was a producer for hundreds of recordings, among the best known of which are "Right Place, Wrong Time", by his longtime friend Dr. John ("Mac" Rebennack), and "Lady Marmalade", by Labelle.

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text: November

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text: and

text: record

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text: end

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text: compositions

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text: in

text: Law

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text: Fortune

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text: Pony

text: Get

text: Out

text: of

text: My

text: Life

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text: the

text: Coal

text: Mine

text: Everything

text: Do

text: Gon

text: Be

text: Funky

text: Here

text: Come

text: the

text: Girls

text: Yes

text: We

text: Can

text: Can

text: Play

text: Something

text: Sweet

text: and

text: Southern

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text: was

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text: of

text: recordings

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text: the

text: best

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text: are

text: Right

text: Place

text: Wrong

text: Time

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text: longtime

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text: John

text: Mac

text: Rebennack

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text: Lady

text: Marmalade

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text: Labelle

text: New York University (NYU) is a private nonprofit research university based in New York City. Founded in 1831, NYU is considered one of the world's most influential research universities. University rankings compiled by "Times Higher Education", "U.S. News & World Report", and the "Academic Ranking of World Universities" all rank NYU amongst the top 32 universities in the world. NYU is a fundamental part of the creativity, energy and vibrancy that is Manhattan, located with its core in Greenwich Village, and its campuses based throughout New York City. NYU is also a world-class university, operating NYU Abu Dhabi and NYU Shanghai, and 11 global academic centers in Accra, Berlin, Buenos Aires, Florence, London, Madrid, Paris, Prague, Sydney, Tel Aviv, and Washington, D.C.

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text: York

text: University

text: NYU

text: is

text: private

text: nonprofit

text: research

text: university

text: based

text: in

text: New

text: York

text: City

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text: in

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text: is

text: considered

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: world

text: 's

text: most

text: influential

text: research

text: universities

text: University

text: rankings

text: compiled

text: by

text: Times

text: Higher

text: Education

text: U.S.

text: News

text: World

text: Report

text: and

text: the

text: Academic

text: Ranking

text: of

text: World

text: Universities

text: all

text: rank

text: NYU

text: amongst

text: the

text: top

text: universities

text: in

text: the

text: world

text: NYU

text: is

text: fundamental

text: part

text: of

text: the

text: creativity

text: energy

text: and

text: vibrancy

text: that

text: is

text: Manhattan

text: located

text: with

text: its

text: core

text: in

text: Greenwich

text: Village

text: and

text: its

text: campuses

text: based

text: throughout

text: New

text: York

text: City

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text: also

text: world

text: class

text: university

text: operating

text: NYU

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text: Dhabi

text: and

text: NYU

text: Shanghai

text: and

text: global

text: academic

text: centers

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text: Accra

text: Berlin

text: Buenos

text: Aires

text: Florence

text: London

text: Madrid

text: Paris

text: Prague

text: Sydney

text: Tel

text: Aviv

text: and

text: Washington

text: D.C.

text: Trinidad and Tobago, officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is a twin island country situated off the northern edge of the South American mainland, lying just off the coast of northeastern Venezuela and south of Grenada. Bordering the Caribbean to the north, it shares maritime boundaries with other nations including Barbados to the northeast, Grenada to the northwest, Guyana to the southeast, and Venezuela to the south and west.

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text: and

text: Tobago

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text: the

text: Republic

text: of

text: Trinidad

text: and

text: Tobago

text: is

text: twin

text: island

text: country

text: situated

text: off

text: the

text: northern

text: edge

text: of

text: the

text: South

text: American

text: mainland

text: lying

text: just

text: off

text: the

text: coast

text: of

text: northeastern

text: Venezuela

text: and

text: south

text: of

text: Grenada

text: Bordering

text: the

text: Caribbean

text: to

text: the

text: north

text: it

text: shares

text: maritime

text: boundaries

text: with

text: other

text: nations

text: including

text: Barbados

text: to

text: the

text: northeast

text: Grenada

text: to

text: the

text: northwest

text: Guyana

text: to

text: the

text: southeast

text: and

text: Venezuela

text: to

text: the

text: south

text: and

text: west

text: Obeah (sometimes spelled "Obi", "Obea", or "Obia") is a term used in the West Indies to refer to folk magic, sorcery, and religious practices developed among West African slaves, specifically of Igbo origin. Obeah is similar to other Afro-American religions including Palo, Vodou, Santería, and Hoodoo. Obeah is practiced in Haiti, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Jamaica, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago and other Caribbean nations.

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text: Obia

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text: term

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text: West

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text: magic

text: sorcery

text: and

text: religious

text: practices

text: developed

text: among

text: West

text: African

text: slaves

text: specifically

text: of

text: Igbo

text: origin

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text: is

text: similar

text: to

text: other

text: Afro

text: American

text: religions

text: including

text: Palo

text: Vodou

text: Santería

text: and

text: Hoodoo

text: Obeah

text: is

text: practiced

text: in

text: Haiti

text: The

text: Bahamas

text: Barbados

text: Belize

text: Dominica

text: Jamaica

text: Guyana

text: Suriname

text: Trinidad

text: and

text: Tobago

text: and

text: other

text: Caribbean

text: nations

text: A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music. Ballads derive from the medieval French "chanson balladée" or "ballade", which were originally "danced songs". Ballads were particularly characteristic of the popular poetry and song of the British Isles from the later medieval period until the 19th century. They were widely used across Europe, and later in the Americas, Australia and North Africa. Ballads are 13 lines with an ABABBCBC form, consisting of couplets (two lines) of rhymed verse, each of 14 syllables.

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text: to

text: music

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text: from

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text: medieval

text: French

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text: balladée

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text: ballade

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text: were

text: originally

text: danced

text: songs

text: Ballads

text: were

text: particularly

text: characteristic

text: of

text: the

text: popular

text: poetry

text: and

text: song

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text: the

text: British

text: Isles

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text: the

text: later

text: medieval

text: period

text: until

text: the

text: century

text: They

text: were

text: widely

text: used

text: across

text: Europe

text: and

text: later

text: in

text: the

text: Americas

text: Australia

text: and

text: North

text: Africa

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text: are

text: lines

text: with

text: an

text: ABABBCBC

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text: of

text: couplets

text: two

text: lines

text: of

text: rhymed

text: verse

text: each

text: of

text: syllables

text: Junkanoo is a street parade with music, dance, and costumes of Akan origin in many towns across the Bahamas every Boxing Day (December 26) and New Year's Day (January 1), the same as "Kakamotobi" or the Fancy Dress Festival. The largest Junkanoo parade happens in the capital New Providence. There are also Junkanoo parades in Miami in June and Key West in October, where local black American populations have their roots in The Bahamas. In addition to being a culture dance for the Garifuna people, this type of dancing is also performed in The Bahamas on Independence day and other historical holidays.

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text: is

text: street

text: parade

text: with

text: music

text: dance

text: and

text: costumes

text: of

text: Akan

text: origin

text: in

text: many

text: towns

text: across

text: the

text: Bahamas

text: every

text: Boxing

text: Day

text: December

text: and

text: New

text: Year

text: 's

text: Day

text: January

text: the

text: same

text: as

text: Kakamotobi

text: or

text: the

text: Fancy

text: Dress

text: Festival

text: The

text: largest

text: Junkanoo

text: parade

text: happens

text: in

text: the

text: capital

text: New

text: Providence

text: There

text: are

text: also

text: Junkanoo

text: parades

text: in

text: Miami

text: in

text: June

text: and

text: Key

text: West

text: in

text: October

text: where

text: local

text: black

text: American

text: populations

text: have

text: their

text: roots

text: in

text: The

text: Bahamas

text: In

text: addition

text: to

text: being

text: culture

text: dance

text: for

text: the

text: Garifuna

text: people

text: this

text: type

text: of

text: dancing

text: is

text: also

text: performed

text: in

text: The

text: Bahamas

text: on

text: Independence

text: day

text: and

text: other

text: historical

text: holidays

text: The Garifuna (; pl. "Garinagu" in Garifuna) are mixed-race descendants of West African, Central African, Island Carib, and Arawak people. The British colonial administration used the term "Black Carib" and Garifuna to distinguish them from "Yellow" and "Red Carib", the original Amerindian population before the Africans intermixed and those deemed to still look Native by the British. Those Caribs who were deemed to look Native and had less African admixture are still living in the islands of the Lesser Antilles. The Island Caribs lived throughout the southern Lesser Antilles, such as present Dominica, St Vincent and Trinidad. Their ancestors are believed to have conquered these areas from their previous inhabitants, the Igneri.

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text: Garifuna

text: pl

text: Garinagu

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text: are

text: mixed

text: race

text: descendants

text: of

text: West

text: African

text: Central

text: African

text: Island

text: Carib

text: and

text: Arawak

text: people

text: The

text: British

text: colonial

text: administration

text: used

text: the

text: term

text: Black

text: Carib

text: and

text: Garifuna

text: to

text: distinguish

text: them

text: from

text: Yellow

text: and

text: Red

text: Carib

text: the

text: original

text: Amerindian

text: population

text: before

text: the

text: Africans

text: intermixed

text: and

text: those

text: deemed

text: to

text: still

text: look

text: Native

text: by

text: the

text: British

text: Those

text: Caribs

text: who

text: were

text: deemed

text: to

text: look

text: Native

text: and

text: had

text: less

text: African

text: admixture

text: are

text: still

text: living

text: in

text: the

text: islands

text: of

text: the

text: Lesser

text: Antilles

text: The

text: Island

text: Caribs

text: lived

text: throughout

text: the

text: southern

text: Lesser

text: Antilles

text: such

text: as

text: present

text: Dominica

text: St

text: Vincent

text: and

text: Trinidad

text: Their

text: ancestors

text: are

text: believed

text: to

text: have

text: conquered

text: these

text: areas

text: from

text: their

text: previous

text: inhabitants

text: the

text: Igneri

text: Reggae is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s. The term also denotes the modern popular music of Jamaica and its diaspora. A 1968 single by Toots and the Maytals "Do the Reggay" was the first popular song to use the word "reggae," effectively naming the genre and introducing it to a global audience. While sometimes used in a broad sense to refer to most types of popular Jamaican dance music, the term "reggae" more properly denotes a particular music style that was strongly influenced by traditional mento as well as American jazz and rhythm and blues, especially the New Orleans R&B practiced by Fats Domino and Allen Toussaint, and evolved out of the earlier genres ska and rocksteady. Reggae usually relates news, social gossip, and political comment. Reggae spread into a commercialized jazz field, being known first as Rudie Blues, then Ska, later Blue Beat, and Rock Steady. It is instantly recognizable from the counterpoint between the bass and drum downbeat, and the offbeat rhythm section. The immediate origins of reggae were in ska and rock steady; from the latter, reggae took over the use of the bass as a percussion instrument.

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text: music

text: genre

text: that

text: originated

text: in

text: Jamaica

text: in

text: the

text: late

text: The

text: term

text: also

text: denotes

text: the

text: modern

text: popular

text: music

text: of

text: Jamaica

text: and

text: its

text: diaspora

text: single

text: by

text: Toots

text: and

text: the

text: Maytals

text: Do

text: the

text: Reggay

text: was

text: the

text: first

text: popular

text: song

text: to

text: use

text: the

text: word

text: reggae

text: effectively

text: naming

text: the

text: genre

text: and

text: introducing

text: it

text: to

text: global

text: audience

text: While

text: sometimes

text: used

text: in

text: broad

text: sense

text: to

text: refer

text: to

text: most

text: types

text: of

text: popular

text: Jamaican

text: dance

text: music

text: the

text: term

text: reggae

text: more

text: properly

text: denotes

text: particular

text: music

text: style

text: that

text: was

text: strongly

text: influenced

text: by

text: traditional

text: mento

text: as

text: well

text: as

text: American

text: jazz

text: and

text: rhythm

text: and

text: blues

text: especially

text: the

text: New

text: Orleans

text: R&B

text: practiced

text: by

text: Fats

text: Domino

text: and

text: Allen

text: Toussaint

text: and

text: evolved

text: out

text: of

text: the

text: earlier

text: genres

text: ska

text: and

text: rocksteady

text: Reggae

text: usually

text: relates

text: news

text: social

text: gossip

text: and

text: political

text: comment

text: Reggae

text: spread

text: into

text: commercialized

text: jazz

text: field

text: being

text: known

text: first

text: as

text: Rudie

text: Blues

text: then

text: Ska

text: later

text: Blue

text: Beat

text: and

text: Rock

text: Steady

text: It

text: is

text: instantly

text: recognizable

text: from

text: the

text: counterpoint

text: between

text: the

text: bass

text: and

text: drum

text: downbeat

text: and

text: the

text: offbeat

text: rhythm

text: section

text: The

text: immediate

text: origins

text: of

text: reggae

text: were

text: in

text: ska

text: and

text: rock

text: steady

text: from

text: the

text: latter

text: reggae

text: took

text: over

text: the

text: use

text: of

text: the

text: bass

text: as

text: percussion

text: instrument

text: Greenwich Village, often referred to by locals as simply "the Village", is a neighborhood on the west side of Lower Manhattan, New York City. Greenwich Village has been known as an artists' haven, the Bohemian capital, the cradle of the modern LGBT movement, and the East Coast birthplace of both the Beat and '60s counterculture movements. "Groenwijck", one of the Dutch names for the village (meaning "Green District"), was Anglicized to "Greenwich". Two of New York's private colleges, New York University (NYU) and the New School, are located in Greenwich Village.

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text: Village

text: often

text: referred

text: to

text: by

text: locals

text: as

text: simply

text: the

text: Village

text: is

text: neighborhood

text: on

text: the

text: west

text: side

text: of

text: Lower

text: Manhattan

text: New

text: York

text: City

text: Greenwich

text: Village

text: has

text: been

text: known

text: as

text: an

text: artists

text: haven

text: the

text: Bohemian

text: capital

text: the

text: cradle

text: of

text: the

text: modern

text: LGBT

text: movement

text: and

text: the

text: East

text: Coast

text: birthplace

text: of

text: both

text: the

text: Beat

text: and

text: counterculture

text: movements

text: Groenwijck

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: Dutch

text: names

text: for

text: the

text: village

text: meaning

text: Green

text: District

text: was

text: Anglicized

text: to

text: Greenwich

text: Two

text: of

text: New

text: York

text: 's

text: private

text: colleges

text: New

text: York

text: University

text: NYU

text: and

text: the

text: New

text: School

text: are

text: located

text: in

text: Greenwich

text: Village

text: Dominica ( Island Carib: ), officially the Commonwealth of Dominica, is a sovereign island country. The capital, Roseau, is located on the leeward side of the island. It is part of the Windward islands in the Lesser Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean Sea. The island lies south-southeast of Guadeloupe and northwest of Martinique. Its area is and the highest point is Morne Diablotins, at elevation. The population was 72,301 at the 2014 census.

text: Dominica

text: Island

text: Carib

text: officially

text: the

text: Commonwealth

text: of

text: Dominica

text: is

text: sovereign

text: island

text: country

text: The

text: capital

text: Roseau

text: is

text: located

text: on

text: the

text: leeward

text: side

text: of

text: the

text: island

text: It

text: is

text: part

text: of

text: the

text: Windward

text: islands

text: in

text: the

text: Lesser

text: Antilles

text: archipelago

text: in

text: the

text: Caribbean

text: Sea

text: The

text: island

text: lies

text: south

text: southeast

text: of

text: Guadeloupe

text: and

text: northwest

text: of

text: Martinique

text: Its

text: area

text: is

text: and

text: the

text: highest

text: point

text: is

text: Morne

text: Diablotins

text: at

text: elevation

text: The

text: population

text: was

text: at

text: the

text: census

text:
A season is a division of the year marked by changes in weather, ecology and hours of daylight. Seasons result from the yearly orbit of the Earth around the Sun and the tilt of the Earth's rotational axis relative to the plane of the orbit. In temperate and polar regions, the seasons are marked by changes in the intensity of sunlight that reaches the Earth's surface, variations of which may cause animals to go into hibernation or to migrate, and plants to be dormant.
During May, June, and July, the northern hemisphere is exposed to more direct sunlight because the hemisphere faces the sun. The same is true of the southern hemisphere in November, December, and January. It is the tilt of the Earth that causes the Sun to be higher in the sky during the summer months which increases the solar flux. However, due to seasonal lag, June, July, and August are the hottest months in the northern hemisphere and December, January, and February are the hottest months in the southern hemisphere.

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text: division

text: of

text: the

text: year

text: marked

text: by

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text: weather

text: ecology

text: and

text: hours

text: of

text: daylight

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text: result

text: from

text: the

text: yearly

text: orbit

text: of

text: the

text: Earth

text: around

text: the

text: Sun

text: and

text: the

text: tilt

text: of

text: the

text: Earth

text: 's

text: rotational

text: axis

text: relative

text: to

text: the

text: plane

text: of

text: the

text: orbit

text: In

text: temperate

text: and

text: polar

text: regions

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text: Carnival (see other spellings and names) is a Western Christian festive season that occurs before the liturgical season of Lent. The main events typically occur during February or early March, during the period historically known as Shrovetide (or Pre-Lent). Carnival typically involves a public celebration and/or parade combining some elements of a circus, masks, and a public street party. People wear masks and costumes during many such celebrations, allowing them to lose their everyday individuality and experience a heightened sense of social unity. Excessive consumption of alcohol, meat, and other foods proscribed during Lent is extremely common. Other common features of carnival include mock battles such as food fights; social satire and mockery of authorities; the grotesque body displaying exaggerated features, especially large noses, bellies, mouths, and phalli, or elements of animal bodies; abusive language and degrading acts; depictions of disease and gleeful death; and a general reversal of everyday rules and norms.

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text: Belize, formerly British Honduras, is a country on the eastern coast of Central America. Belize is bordered on the north by Mexico, on the south and west by Guatemala, and on the east by the Caribbean Sea. Its mainland is about long and wide.

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text: eastern

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text: Central

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text: west

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text: on

text: the

text: east

text: by

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text: Sea

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text: mainland

text: is

text: about

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text: Jamaica is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea, consisting of the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles. The island, in area, lies about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola (the island containing the nation-states of Haiti and the Dominican Republic). Jamaica is the fourth-largest island country in the Caribbean, by area.

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text: country

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text: in

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text: Caribbean

text: Sea

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text: of

text: the

text: third

text: largest

text: island

text: of

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text: Greater

text: Antilles

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text: island

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text: of

text: Cuba

text: and

text: west

text: of

text: Hispaniola

text: the

text: island

text: containing

text: the

text: nation

text: states

text: of

text: Haiti

text: and

text: the

text: Dominican

text: Republic

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text: the

text: fourth

text: largest

text: island

text: country

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text: Caribbean

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text: A circus is a company of performers that may include clowns, acrobats, trained animals, trapeze acts, musicians, hoopers, tightrope walkers, jugglers, unicyclists, as well as other object manipulation and stunt-oriented artists. The term 'circus' also describes the performance which has followed various formats through its 250-year modern history. Philip Astley is credited with being the 'father' of the modern circus when he opened the first circus in 1768 in England. Early circuses were almost exclusively demonstrations of equestrian skills with a few other types of acts to link the horsemanship performances. Performances developed significantly through the next fifty years, with large scale theatrical battle reenactments becoming a significant feature. The 'traditional' format, whereby a ringmaster introduces a varied selection of acts that mostly perform choreographed acts to traditional music, developed in the latter part of 19th century and continued almost universally to be the main style of circus up until the 1970s.

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text: performance

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text: formats

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text: father

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text: first

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text: of

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text: latter

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text: Macfarlane Gregory Anthony Mackey , who recorded as Exuma ( 18 February 1942 -- 15 January 1997 ) , was a Bahamian musician , known for his almost unclassifiable music : a strong mixture of carnival , junkanoo , calypso and ballad . In his early days in New York 's Greenwich Village , Tony McKay ( his self - given name ) performed in small clubs and bars . Later , along with his then - partner and lifelong friend , Sally O'Brien , and several musician friends , he launched EXUMA - a seven - person group that toured and recorded albums , starting with Exuma : The Obeah Man in 1970 and ending with Rude Boy in 1986 . His songs invoke influences from calypso , junkanoo , reggae , African music and folk music with his lyrics dealing heavily with Obeah . His backing band known only as the Junk Band has included names such as Sally O'Brien , Bogie , Lord Wellington , Villy , Mildred Vaney , Frankie Gearing , Diana Claudia Bunea , and his good friend Peppy Castro .

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text: Wellington

text: Villy

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text: Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area. The neighbouring countries are Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and East Timor to the north; the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu to the north-east; and New Zealand to the south-east. Australia's capital is Canberra, and its largest urban area is Sydney.

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text: Commonwealth

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text: mainland

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text: the

text: Australian

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text: island

text: of

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text: islands

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text: the

text: world

text: 's

text: sixth

text: largest

text: country

text: by

text: total

text: area

text: The

text: neighbouring

text: countries

text: are

text: Papua

text: New

text: Guinea

text: Indonesia

text: and

text: East

text: Timor

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text: the

text: north

text: the

text: Solomon

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text: and

text: Vanuatu

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text: north

text: east

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text: New

text: Zealand

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text: the

text: south

text: east

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text: capital

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text: largest

text: urban

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text: Rocksteady is a music genre that originated in Jamaica around 1966. A successor of ska and a precursor to reggae, rocksteady was performed by Jamaican vocal harmony groups such as The Gaylads, The Maytals, The Heptones and The Paragons. The term "rocksteady" comes from a dance style that was mentioned in the Alton Ellis song "Rock Steady". Dances performed to rocksteady were less energetic than the earlier ska dances. The first international rocksteady hit was "Hold Me Tight" (1968) by the American soul singer Johnny Nash; it reached number one in Canada.

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text: in

text: Jamaica

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text: of

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text: and

text: precursor

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text: harmony

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text: The

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text: energetic

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text: the

text: earlier

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text: dances

text: The

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text: international

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text: was

text: Hold

text: Me

text: Tight

text: by

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text: American

text: soul

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text: reached

text: number

text: one

text: in

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text: The Bahamas, known officially as the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, is an archipelagic state within the Lucayan Archipelago. It consists of more than 700 islands, cays, and islets in the Atlantic Ocean and is located north of Cuba and Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic); northwest of the Turks and Caicos Islands; southeast of the US state of Florida and east of the Florida Keys. The state capital is Nassau on the island of New Providence. The designation of "The Bahamas" can refer to either the country or the larger island chain that it shares with the Turks and Caicos Islands. As stated in the mandate/manifesto of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force, the Bahamas territory encompasses of ocean space.

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text: the

text: Commonwealth

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text: the

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text: an

text: archipelagic

text: state

text: within

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text: Lucayan

text: Archipelago

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text: consists

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text: than

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text: and

text: islets

text: in

text: the

text: Atlantic

text: Ocean

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text: is

text: located

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text: Cuba

text: and

text: Hispaniola

text: Haiti

text: and

text: the

text: Dominican

text: Republic

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text: the

text: Turks

text: and

text: Caicos

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text: island

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