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Caribbean Carnival in Jamaica is known as Bacchanal, and takes place late March/early April. [1] Among the features in carnivals of Jamaica like J'ouvert are characters such as Pitchy Patchy.
Reggae originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s, influenced by Rastafarian culture, Jamaican dance music, traditional mento and calypso music, as well as American jazz and rhythm and blues, and evolved out of the earlier genres ska and rocksteady. By the 1970s, large festivals in Jamaica were being held featuring notable reggae bands, and the Wonder Dream Concert in 1975 in Jamaica was one of the first internationally noted festivals to focus on reggae.
