Ragga-Bòday

An instrumental composition music incorporating elements of dancehall (or Ragga, short for the word Raggamuffin)

And DiaspoRara, style of (Haitian Root music) and Voodoo dance songs that's played without Verses, just repeated choruses, hooks and melodic tunes.

Key elements of Ragga-Bòday music

include include a blend of Dubsinging, DJsinging, chanted vocals and Calls and Responses and its extensive use of Haitian French-Creole, rather than Jamaican Patois and focus on the track instrumentals (or "riddims").

Characterized by and performed on traditional musical instruments such as:

Metal trumpets which are made from recycled metal, bamboo trumpets, Vaksin (vaccine) the vaccine perform repeating patterns in hocket and often strike their instruments rhythmically with a stick while blowing into them,

The Ragga influence can be felt through the use of pre-programmed music, similar to Dancehall "riddims".

The Ragga influence can be felt through the use of pre-programmed music, similar to Dancehall "riddims".

Which encourages dancing due to its use of dance-oriented rhythms which usually involve lots of frottage dancing.

The word was coined by Negre Marron Records' Founder, CEO and Label director René Guemps.