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Mento is a style of Jamaican folk music that predates and has greatly influenced ska and reggae music. Mento typically features acoustic instruments such as acoustic guitar banjo hand drums and the rhumba box — a large mbira in the shape of a box that can be sat on while played. The rhumba box carries the bass part of the music.Mento is often confused with calypso a musical form from Trinidad and Tobago.
