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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
reggae
reg·gae [reggae reggaes] BrE [ˈreɡeɪ] NAmE [ˈreɡeɪ] noun uncountable
a type of popular music with strong rhythms, developed in Jamaica in the 1960s
Word Origin:
perhaps related to Jamaican English rege-rege ‘quarrel, row’.
Culture:
Reggae began in ↑Jamaica in the 1960s and is now well known in Britain, the US and other countries. Reggae songs often have a ↑Rastafarian message, and the musicians often wear their hair in long tight curls called dreadlocks. Famous reggae groups have included Bob Marley and the Wailers, Aswad and Burning Spear.
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