The practice continued, however, in the guise of indentured servitude. The modern Maroon Nation, for example, has its roots in Angola where people were imported to the island as indentured servants in actual facts they were slaves given another name to avoid being classed as slave traders. The Maroon Nation remains a culturally distinct part of Jamaican society, and is known for Kumina, which refers to both a religion and a form of music to form a musical genre known as Pocomanian rhythms. The modern intertwining of Jamaican religion and music can be traced back to the 1860s when the Pocomanian music and Revival Zion churches drew on African and Christian traditions to incorporated music into almost every facet of worship. Later, this trend spread into the Hinduism culture among the island's numerous Indians (coolies), resulting in what became baccra music. The Rastafarianism influence transformed the Jamaican music scene in the 1970s, incorporating religious Nyabinghi drumming from groundation worship ceremonies into popular music. In At the beginning of the 20th Century Junkanoo; a type of folk music more closely associated with The Bahamas, mixed with the quadrille, a European flavoured dance and work songs were the primary forms of Jamaican music. These forms of music were soon integrated into one primary music, given the name mento that spread across the island and became the source for the first recordings of Jamaican music. |
