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The History of Jamaica Festival
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The Weekly Gleaner
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July 31, 2008
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Copyright informationCopyright The Gleaner Company Jul 31-Aug 6, 2008. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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What a bam bam
JAMAICA FESTIVAL a national salute to local talent and ingenuity in local vernacular 'a bam bam.' How appropriate that the phrase introduced to the nation in 1966 by Toots and the Maytals in their winning festival song, can be used to aptly describe Jamaica Festival itself. A major training opportunity for thousands of Jamaicans, Jamaica Festival's mandate was (and still is) to focus attention on 'Things Jamaican' Jamaican creativity and cultural awareness across socio-economic levels. As Edward Seaga, then JLP Minister of Development and Welfare, spelled out in his Longterm Development Plan for Jamaica (1963-68), festival was integral to national development because it was a ...
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