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Reggae

/rˈɛˌɡeɪ/
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(noun) A music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s and is heavily associated with Rastafarianism, featuring a heavy bass line and percussive rhythm guitar on the offbeat, often with close vocal harmonies.

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The festival featured a lineup of ____ artists from Jamaica and the Caribbean diaspora.

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