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Reggae as a heritage calendar

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Reggae Month, Grounation and UNESCO show how Jamaica presents reggae as living heritage.

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Official heritage programmes turn reggae history into calendars, lectures, source files and public ceremonies that editors can verify year by year.

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Reggae Month began as an official February observance; Grounation brings lectures and performances into that same month; UNESCO's reggae inscription gives an international heritage frame. Together they show reggae as a living public-history system, not only a catalogue of records.

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Sources: JIS Reggae Month feature; Institute of Jamaica events page; UNESCO ICH reggae file. Treat each year's events as separate source claims and verify lineups against official calendars before adding artist relations.

observance · event · Well supportedReggae Month official observance

Reggae Month is Jamaica's official February observance highlighting reggae's social, cultural and economic impact through concerts, panels, tributes and educational programming.

lecture-series · archive · Well supportedJamaica Music Museum Grounation

Grounation is the Jamaica Music Museum's annual lecture series held during February, connecting Reggae Month, Black history, live discussion and music scholarship.

institution · producer org · Well supportedInstitute of Jamaica

The Institute of Jamaica is a national cultural institution whose divisions and events include music-history programming, exhibitions and public lectures that help document Jamaican music as heritage.

source · archive · Well supportedUNESCO reggae ICH file

UNESCO's Representative List file for the reggae music of Jamaica inscription documents the form as intangible cultural heritage and frames reggae as a social, cultural and historical practice, not simply a commercial genre.

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