PRACTICE

Nyahbinghi

from the 1950sRasta camps
THE STORY

Bass, funde, repeater — Rastafari ceremonial drumming. A spiritual practice that entered the songs; not “the genre before reggae.”

EXPLORE
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Updated 2026-09Ranges kept honest · contested dates marked “c.”