Sample 6 and Passa Passa!!!!!!!

Below I have posted two videos: one displays a Passa Passa and the other shows the group Sample 6 dancing (picture of Sample 6 to the left). The song that Sample 6 is dancing to is an example of a call and response form that I have mentioned earlier in one of my previous blog entries. Sample 6 is a group of 6 men who are Jamaican and can really dance. They dance to any reggae song and attend a lot of events. One event that they attended that I was also at was the annual Labor Day Parade held in New York City. This parade is where everyone who is of Caribbean descent and those who aren’t come to dance around floats. Most floats that moved up “The Parkway” in Brooklyn represent a different part of the Caribbean. There is a Panamanian float, a Trinidad & Tobago float, there were three Haitian floats, and of course a Jamaican float. The Jamaican float is always the most popular and usually goes at the end. Around the float the scene is like a mob crowd that hardly anyone can move and sometimes people get hurt. The reason for all of this commotion is the fact that they have Sample 6 on top of the float dancing to the reggae music that is blasting, and also Beenie man who is also a famous reggae singer on the float singing the songs. Sample 6 is known for their extreme dance moves.

Passa Passa is another well-known form of Jamaican music and representation. It is a weekly street party that is equivalent to a block party. It originated in Kingston, Jamaica and still goes strong to this day. Passa Passa has drawn many professional and amateur dancers into the media spotlight as the event is typically videotaped for mass DVD distribution. During Passa Passa you can catch a lot of out of control dancing where people are just having fun at all hours of the night.

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