| Bashayer Al-Shanbari said Makkah is famous for its traditional meals in Ramadan, at the top of which is soup, sambusak, mento and farmouza. |
| The tourist industry was blossoming and hotels rushed to hire musicians to play mento for their guests. |
| It started out from mento, developed into ska, then rocksteady and after that became reggae. |
| Most musicians earned their money playing jazz and mento for tourists on the hotel circuit and they all knew each other. |
| Boasting an average age of 76, they took famous tracks by everyone from Iggy Pop, The Stranglers, Grace Jones, Blondie and New Order and gave them the mento make-over. |
| The musical genres reggae, ska, mento, rocksteady, dub, and, more recently, dancehall and ragga all originated in the island's vibrant, popular urban recording industry. |
