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单词 mento
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mento

/ˈmɛntəʊ /
noun (plural mentos) [mass noun]
A style of Jamaican folk music based on a traditional dance rhythm in duple time.Jamaica's musical past goes far beyond reggae: There's the warm rhythms of mento, the sweet sway of calypso, the jittery jump of ska....
  • It reflects a moment in which Jamaican pop music was synthesising Black R&B and West Indian mento music.
  • The mento that graced the first Jamaican recordings of the early 1950s mixed an indigenous folk style with elements of Trinidadian calypso.

Origin

Early 20th century: of unknown origin.

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