Jing Ping Dance
by Glenford John
Title
Jing Ping Dance
Artist
Glenford John
Medium
Painting - Oil On Canvas
Description
This is one of the many cultural dances performed by the locals in Dominica. This Quadrille is a square dance of French origin. These Jing Ping Dances are always performed with the Jing Ping Bands. Others include, Bele`, its origin being African, Mazook, its origin in Poland but brought over by the French to Dominica and a later Quadrille called Lancer, a traditional English, Scottish and Irish dance which the British brought over. Read more about Dominca in the book "Our Island Cuture" by Lennox Honychurch, a well known Historian and art icon from Dominica.
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February 15th, 2009
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