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Big Drum

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Big Drum is a genre and a musical instrument from the Windward Islands. [1]

25 relations: Bélé, Boula (music), Calinda, Cariso, Carnival, Carriacou, Culturama, Drum, Fife, French-based creole languages, Guadeloupe, Gwo ka, Hand drum, List of Caribbean music genres, Music of Grenada, Music of Guadeloupe, Music of Saint Kitts and Nevis, Music of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Musical instrument, Rum, Timpani, Trinidad and Tobago, Wake (ceremony), Windward Islands, Wrestling.

Bélé

A bélé is a folk dance and music from Martinique, Dominica, Haiti, and Guadeloupe.

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Boula (music)

The word boula can refer to at least four different drums played in the Caribbean music area.

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Calinda

Calinda (also spelled kalinda or kalenda) is a martial art, as well as kind of folk music and dance in the Caribbean which arose in the 1720s.

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Cariso

Cariso is a kind of Trinidadian folk music, and an important ancestor of calypso music.

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Carnival

Carnival (see other spellings and names) is a Western Christian and Greek Orthodox festive season that occurs before the liturgical season of Lent.

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Carriacou

Carriacou is an island of the Grenadine Islands located in the southeastern Caribbean Sea, northeast of Grenada and the north coast of South America.

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Culturama

Each year, Nevisians celebrate their heritage during Culturama.

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Drum

The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments.

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Fife

Fife (Fìobha) is a council area and historic county of Scotland.

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French-based creole languages

A French creole, or French-based creole language, is a creole language (contact language with native speakers) for which French is the lexifier.

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Guadeloupe

Guadeloupe (Antillean Creole: Gwadloup) is an insular region of France located in the Leeward Islands, part of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean.

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Gwo ka

Gwo ka is a French creole term for big drum.

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Hand drum

A hand drum is any type of drum that is typically played with the bare hand rather than a stick, mallet, hammer, or other type of beater.

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List of Caribbean music genres

Caribbean music genres are diverse.

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Music of Grenada

The music of Grenada has included the work of several major musicians, including Eddie Bullen, David Emmanuel, one of the best-selling reggae performers ever, and Mighty Sparrow, a calypsonian.

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Music of Guadeloupe

The music of Guadeloupe encompasses a large popular music industry, which gained in international renown after the success of zouk music in the later 20th century.

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Music of Saint Kitts and Nevis

The music of Saint Kitts and Nevis is known for a number of musical celebrations including Carnival (December 17 to January 3 on Saint Kitts).

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Music of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

The music of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines includes thriving music scenes based on Big Drum, calypso, soca, steelpan and also reggae.

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Musical instrument

A musical instrument is an instrument created or adapted to make musical sounds.

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Rum

Rum is a distilled alcoholic beverage made from sugarcane byproducts, such as molasses or honeys, or directly from sugarcane juice, by a process of fermentation and distillation.

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Timpani

Timpani or kettledrums (also informally called timps) are musical instruments in the percussion family.

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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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Wake (ceremony)

A wake is a social gathering associated with death, usually held before a funeral.

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Windward Islands

The Windward Islands are the southern, generally larger islands of the Lesser Antilles, within the West Indies.

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Wrestling

Wrestling is a combat sport involving grappling type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Drum

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