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-Involves aspects of poetry and chants (singing and jumping).
-Community property.
-Have lots of traditional elements.
-Dynamic; keep on absorbing new themes.
-Reflect real experiences in contemporary society
-Use images and symbols from the immediate environment.
-Have refrain/ chorus to allow audience participation.
-Are in verse form (group of lines that form a single unit).
-Use lots of repetition.
-Have rhetorical questions, similes, metaphors, rhyme and rhythm.
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