the burden of the banjo or the traps What does the narator imply with "the burden of the banjo or the traps" (Something like the boring uneventful rural reality that these people suffer but cannot get away from?) Why use the word banjo? [ There was dancing now on the canvas in the garden; old men pushing young girls backward in eternal graceless circles, superior couples holding each other tortuously, fashionably, and keeping in the corners — and a great number of single girls dancing individualistically or relieving the orchestra for a moment of the burden of the banjo or the traps. ] Ch2. http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/f/fitzgerald/f_scott/gatsby/complete.html#chapter3