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Indo-Caribbean music

Index Indo-Caribbean music

Indo-Caribbean music is the musical traditions of the Indo-Caribbean people of the Caribbean music area. [1]

21 relations: Baithak Gana, Barrel drum, Bhajan, Bhojpuri region, Caribbean, Childbirth, Chowtal, Chutney music, Cultural area, Dhantal, Dholak, Filmi, Guyana, Holi, Indo-Caribbeans, Jamaica, Pump organ, Suriname, Taan (music), Tassa, Trinidad and Tobago.

Baithak Gana

Baithak Gana is a form of music originating in Suriname by the Indian community.

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Barrel drum

Barrel drums are a class of membranophone, or drum, characterized by a barrel-shape with a bulge in the middle.

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Bhajan

A bhajan literally means "sharing".

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Bhojpuri region

The Bhojpuri region is an area encompassing parts of Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh in northern India and the Bara and Parsa districts of Nepal where the Bhojpuri language is spoken as a mother tongue language.

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Caribbean

The Caribbean is a region that consists of the Caribbean Sea, its islands (some surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean) and the surrounding coasts.

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Childbirth

Childbirth, also known as labour and delivery, is the ending of a pregnancy by one or more babies leaving a woman's uterus by vaginal passage or C-section.

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Chowtal

Chowtal, aside from being the name of a "taal"/"tala" or meter in Hindustani classical music, is a form of folksong of North India's Bhojpuri region, sung by amateurs during the vernal Phagwa or Holi festival.

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Chutney music

Chutney music is a form indigenous to the southern Caribbean, popular in Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Suriname, Jamaica, other parts of the Caribbean, Fiji, Mauritius, and South Africa.

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Cultural area

In anthropology and geography, a cultural region, cultural sphere, cultural area or culture area refers to a geographical area with one relatively homogeneous human activity or complex of activities (culture).

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Dhantal

The dhantal is a long steel rod based percussion instrument (sounding similar to the triangle), which was adapted from the iron "bows" that yoked the oxen that pulled the carts on the estates in Guyana, Suriname, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, other parts of the Caribbean, Fiji, Mauritius, and South Africa.

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Dholak

The dholak (ਢੋਲਕ, ঢোলক, ढोलक; ढोलक; dhool in the Netherlands and Suriname and ඩොල්කි) is a South Asian two-headed hand-drum.

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Filmi

Filmi ("of films") music soundtracks are produced for India's mainstream motion picture industry and written and performed for Indian cinema.

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Guyana

Guyana (pronounced or), officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, is a sovereign state on the northern mainland of South America.

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Holi

Holi (Holī), also known as the "festival of colours", is a spring festival celebrated all across the Indian subcontinent as well as in countries with large Indian subcontinent diaspora populations such as Jamaica, Suriname, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, South Africa, Malaysia, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Mauritius, and Fiji.

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Indo-Caribbeans

Indo-Caribbeans are Caribbean people with roots in the Indian subcontinent.

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Jamaica

Jamaica is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea.

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Pump organ

The pump organ, reed organ, harmonium, or melodeon is a type of free-reed organ that generates sound as air flows past a vibrating piece of thin metal in a frame.

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Suriname

Suriname (also spelled Surinam), officially known as the Republic of Suriname (Republiek Suriname), is a sovereign state on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South America.

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Taan (music)

Taan (Hindi: तान) (تان) is a virtuoso technique used in the vocal performance of a raga in Hindustani classical music.

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Tassa

Tassa is a form of kettle drum originating in Trinidad and Tobago.

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Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago, officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is a twin island sovereign state that is the southernmost nation of the West Indies in the Caribbean.

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Indian music in the Caribbean, Indo-Antillean music, Indo-Guyanese music, Indo-Jamaican music, Indo-Surinamese music, Indo-Trinidadian music.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-Caribbean_music

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