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Rasta Nyabinghi Chanting #Coronavirus Cleaning earth for evil in music

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Nyabinghi or Nyabingi is the oldest of the Mansions of Rastafari and a prominent figure in the ... Three kinds of drums are used in Nyabinghi music: bass, funde and keteh. 

 typically includes recitation of the Psalms, but may also include variations of well-known Christian hymns and adopted by Rastafarians. The rhythms of these chants were eventually an influence of popular ska, rocksteady and reggae music.

Niyabinghi chants include:

  • "400 Million Blackman"
  • "400 Years" (its lyrics influenced Peter Tosh's "400 Years")
  • "Babylon In I Way"
  • "Babylon Throne Gone Down" (arranged by Bob Marley to "Rastaman

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