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Quiz: Reggae Proverbial Wisdom

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Are you ready for my Reggae Quiz, Mon?

Jump out of the frying pan and into the fire! Test your reggae proverbial knowledge and remember the first time you heard reggae tunes. Were you wearing sunscreen and sipping a rummy kind of drink?

What are proverbs? Proverbs are"memorable capsules of wisdom". They can be found the world over in all cultures; in music; in folklore.

I read somewhere that Bob Marley loved to use proverbs in his songs! "What is to be, is to be!" --from I Shot The Sheriff.

Take my "fill-in-the-blank" quiz is what I'm saying! (Do you dare?
(Image--Out of the pan and into the fire--from Flickr user Peter Morville)

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Out of the Frying Pan!

from Reggae artist Justin Hinds

Love this reggae song. Jump into the fire with Justin Hinds.
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Reggae Proverbial Wisdom

See what your score is, then challenge a friend.

"What better way to enter this rich and powerful, eclectic world of sound and sense than through the magical world of proverbs?"
Reggae Wisdom: Poverbs in Jamaican Music

Listen for the Proverbs in "I Shot the Sheriff":

The proverbs that reggae artists like Marley use "become sources of strength and inspiration for members of the reggae community." (Sw. Anand Prahlad in Reggae Wisdom:
Proverbs in Jamaican Music)
I Shot The Sheriff

I Shot The Sheriff

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Proverbs in Jamaican Music:

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Reggae Wisdom: Proverbs in Jamaican Music

Reggae Wisdom: Proverbs in Jamaican Music

by: Sw. Anand Prahlad

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I used this book as a source for this quiz.

How Dja Do on the Reggae Quiz, Mon?

IOW: How did you do?

Did you take the reggae quiz? How did you do? Did you learn something fun? Yeah, mon!

  • spirituality Nov 29, 2009 @ 1:20 pm | delete
    :) fun. I guessed 7 out of 9. BTW - No. 9 misses the ... part. (you can fix it by changing it, then adding a question, then deleting the empty question). great quiz.
  • Mickie_G Nov 30, 2009 @ 2:41 pm | delete
    Thanks for the heads up! Fixed it! Glad you liked the quiz!
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