burrun.
/ˈbʊruː/, U.S. /ˈbʊˌru/, Caribbean English /ˈbʊˌruː/ Jamaica.
A kind of vigorous, popular, and sometimes indecent, dance; the music, esp. drumming, used to accompany this.
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society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > dances of other countries > [noun] > West Indies
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burru1929
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society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > dance music > [noun] > others
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passy-measure1597
rant1656
passacaglia1659
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chaconne1685
rigadoon1690
passepied1696
rigaudon1708
bourrée1776
minuet de la cour1783
quadrille1802
treble1805
pigeon wing1807
polka1825
redowa1843
polka time1844
écossaise1863
verbunkos1880
drag1901
foxtrot1915
burru1929
rumba1931
palais glide1936
Lambeth Walk1937
jitterbug1939
high life1942
Zydeco1949
hand jive1958
hand jiving1958
hokey-cokey1966
twist1966
chicken scratch1972
smoocher1976
funana1981
New Beat1988
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1929 C. McKay Banjo ii. ix. 105 They played the ‘beguin,’ which was just a Martinique variant of the ‘jelly-roll’ or the Jamaican ‘burru’ or the Senegalese ‘bombé.’
1940 , etc. in F. G. Cassidy & R. B. Le Page Dict. Jamaican Eng. (1980)
1983 Davis & Simon Reggae Internat. ii. 26 (caption) Ras Michael and the Sons of Negus, legatees of the ancient burru drumming tradition.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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