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I find her attractive but not beautiful, sexy but not skanky. In , she came to Jamaica and stunned the audiences with her acrobatic display of dancehall finesse.
From jumping splits to handstands and the occasional death-defying move, the other participants were powerless to innovate in her presence. I remember seeing her on TV, barely able to speak any English, happy to stand on her head upon request. That was seven years ago, and seeing her in person is interesting.
For the local reggae groupies in town, Junko must be the epitome of their world; that place which is a hybridization of Jamaica and Japan. She is their queen, the pinnacle of what they want to be. In their desires to learn dances, songs and Jamaican culture, maybe they all want to be little dancehall queens themselves, rising up into the limelight in shiny outfits with sweat-laced foreheads.
This was one of a few sprinkled moments of conversation I would have with her during the night. The first time I spoke to her, she replied in English. I laughed. The party started to pick up at about three a. The music, fast and powerful was a blur of modern tunes interlaced with the screeching voices of amped-up selectors. River, a local reggae artiste was walking around with a camera, snapping the action. I ran into a friend at the party, and we mingled with the girls for little while in between dancing.
One girl, tall and attractive with brown hair was enamored with my friend, who was a dancer. They disappeared to a dark section of the club for a few minutes while her friend ignored me. Dancing robotically to the music and chatting amongst themselves, the party at times felt strange. See, in Jamaica, a party escalates gradually to levels that force people to dance. At the crescendo of a good party, many people dance together. I saw Ribbon girl walking around alone. As usual she had a drink in her hand.
She seemed lost; standing by a speaker at one moment, and in the middle of the dance floor the next. They don't know Mavado, I-Octane, Buju. They come to listen and jump around. You ask people who come to festival, they say they like reggae. But you ask 'you know Mavado' - they don't know".
People who like hip hop, they just like hip hop. In Japan, some who like reggae, they just listen reggae. And people who like hip hop don't listen the reggae. Not everybody, but most people listen to one," he said, Bunny Wailer's Ram Dancehall playing on the speaker system inside the store.
That's why reggae don't sell so well in Japan," Tsuruki said. Young producer in Jamaica take part from hip hop. They changing reggae music. I think maybe good for Jamaican people, but not good for reggae. Japanese mix CD sell good. We still try selling Jamaican artiste, but not so good like before," Tsuruki said. As with 'the original 'J' island', sales figures are a slippery area.
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