Passa Passa festival

Kingston, Jamaica

08 Mar 2024

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08 Mar 2024

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About Passa Passa festival

Passa Passa is a week by week road party that began in Kingston, Jamaica and has spread to different zones in the Caribbean. It is accounted for to have started on Ash Wednesday in 2003 with the name being instituted via Carl Shelley. It highlights dancehall music. It has spread all through the Caribbean including Colón, Panama and later Puerto Rico. It is like a square gathering. The Passa typically begins around 1 a.m. furthermore, has been known to proceed with straight through until 8 a.m. Artists, selectors, and artists who normally go to and have completed an incredible arrangement to fabricate the move for what it is today include: Bogle, Ding Dong dancehall entertainer, Marvin, Kartoon, Aneika Headtop, Ravers Clavers, Black Blingaz, Timeless Crew, Shelly Belly, Spikes, John Hype, Sample 6, Sherika Future, Jermaine Squad, Sadiki, Swatch, Maestro, Beenie Man and Future Girls.

Passa Passa has drawn numerous expert and beginner artists into the media spotlight as the occasion is regularly recorded for mass DVD appropriation. A considerable lot of the prominent Jamaican artists, for example, the late Bogle and Ding Dong, have shown up on these recordings. The spread of dancehall prominence, especially in Japan and Europe, draws in numerous universal dancehall fans alongside the many Jamaicans who go to week by week.

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