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1028:, shipped across the vast Atlantic Ocean, and subsequently enslaved in the Caribbean islands of Trinidad and Tobago brought their music, language, and traditions with them. In slavery, their customs and traditions got interwoven into the larger slave culture of the area, but the word kaiso (go forward, go ahead, or more) survived. It later became the name of Trinidad and Tobago's most popular music. Kaiso evolved into calypso and that, too, evolved into
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Africans imported to that Caribbean island to work on sugar plantations. These slaves, brought to toil on sugar plantations, were stripped of all connections to their homeland and family and not allowed to talk to each other. They used calypso to mock the slave masters and to
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Guinea's Other Suns: The
African Dynamic in Trinidad Culture
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Guinea's Other Suns: The
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1269:. Vol. 2. Routledge. pp.
1219:. University Press of Mississippi.
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901:particularly among the
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265:Indian classical music
21:Kaiso (disambiguation)
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3379:Music of West Africa
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19:For other uses, see
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2056:Folk revival
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2934:Celtic punk
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3271:Folk clubs
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3074:Portuguese
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1870:traditions
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1715:Folk metal
1690:Filk music
1595:Children's
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1170:2019-05-06
1082:References
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955:festival.
942:kaisonians
909:people of
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782:Martinique
757:Guadeloupe
727:Costa Rica
629:Synergy TV
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563:Power soca
489:Pichakaree
343:Brass band
315:Power soca
295:Ragga soca
230:Pichakaree
139:gospelypso
3341:Worldbeat
3266:Festivals
3222:Arabesque
3116:Ukrainian
3096:Slovenian
3059:Norwegian
3022:Icelandic
3017:Hungarian
2890:Arabesque
2870:Slovenian
2741:Bulgarian
2667:Pakistani
2657:Mongolian
2547:Cantonese
2532:Bhutanese
2405:Brazilian
2311:Caribbean
2271:Québécois
2157:Bluegrass
2145:Americana
2110:Dixieland
1961:Blackfeet
1868:Regional
1849:Vallenato
1805:Nerd-folk
1732:Folk punk
1710:Folk rock
1700:Folk jazz
1668:Bluegrass
1663:Anti-folk
1642:Work song
1637:War songs
1610:Love song
1547:subgenres
1413:Canboulay
1160:WordHippo
1096:"Calypso"
963:The term
953:crop over
938:chantwell
891:St. Lucia
827:Venezuela
777:Louisiana
533:Canboulay
468:Bollywood
368:Christian
70:Akwa Akpa
3244:articles
3242:Related
3168:Egyptian
3158:Assyrian
3153:Armenian
3084:Scottish
3037:Hornpipe
2997:Estonian
2980:Hornpipe
2953:Moravian
2836:Romanian
2780:Rebetiko
2758:Croatian
2712:Albanian
2702:Austrian
2689:European
2662:Nepalese
2633:Japanese
2594:Kundiman
2584:Filipino
2567:Pak-kĂłan
2562:Lâm-kóan
2525:Bhawaiya
2502:Tuvaluan
2492:Tahitian
2432:Oceanian
2336:Jamaican
2288:Maritime
2281:NĂ©o-trad
2266:Prairies
2206:Canadian
2072:Red Dirt
2062:Hawaiian
2049:Old-time
2036:American
2011:Seminole
1981:Iroquois
1951:Canadian
1943:American
1795:Muiñeira
1705:Folk-pop
1588:Koliadka
1472:Carnival
1200:26 March
1194:Archived
1164:Archived
1140:26 March
1134:Archived
1116:(1991).
1106:20 March
895:Dominica
887:Barbados
817:Suriname
807:St Lucia
742:Dominica
702:Barbados
682:Anguilla
593:Steelpan
508:Afrosoca
333:Steelpan
305:Afrosoca
97:brukdown
3207:Turkish
3190:Klezmer
3185:Israeli
3180:Iranian
3173:Fantezi
3121:Cossack
3106:Swedish
3101:Spanish
3079:Russian
3054:Maltese
3044:Latvian
3002:Finnish
2975:English
2895:Fantezi
2875:Turkish
2848:Serbian
2819:ÄŚalgija
2802:Tallava
2797:Kosovan
2792:Italian
2717:Tallava
2677:Quan họ
2589:Bodabil
2572:Teochew
2557:Jingnan
2542:Chinese
2410:Chilean
2358:Chutney
2324:Haitian
2137:Country
2122:Ragtime
2082:Western
1956:Arapaho
1897:Corrido
1892:Mexican
1839:Skiffle
1800:Neofolk
1678:Dangdut
1651:Fusions
1561:Ballads
1348:Extempo
1343:Chutney
1271:813–821
1238:Sources
1063:Kalinda
1026:Calabar
1018:calypso
995:History
977:Anambra
922:Nigeria
911:Nigeria
879:Grenada
772:Jamaica
752:Grenada
737:Curaçao
717:Bonaire
712:Bermuda
697:Bahamas
543:Extempo
528:Calypso
523:Calinda
503:African
449:Chutney
406:Nasheed
401:Islamic
240:Chutney
218:Extempo
213:Calypso
198:Calinda
125:Chutney
87:Calypso
52:peoples
3089:Gaelic
3064:Polish
3012:German
3007:French
2965:Danish
2919:Celtic
2914:Breton
2841:Manele
2831:Romani
2746:Chalga
2707:Balkan
2697:Alpine
2645:Korean
2638:Min'yĹŤ
2621:Sanedo
2616:Rasiya
2606:Indian
2497:Tongan
2482:Samoan
2380:Parang
2353:Cariso
2256:French
2251:Celtic
2077:Tejano
2006:Pueblo
2001:Navajo
1578:Carols
1571:Murder
1465:Spouge
1455:Reggae
1433:Canada
1368:Shanto
1326:Genres
1277:
1252:
1223:
1126:
1072:Yoruba
969:Ibibio
907:Ibibio
883:Belize
792:Panama
762:Guyana
707:Belize
578:Reggae
538:Cariso
484:Kirtan
444:Bhajan
434:Indian
411:Qasida
392:Kirtan
387:Bhajan
373:Gospel
320:Reggae
275:Parang
260:Bhajan
203:Cariso
190:Genres
158:reggae
153:spouge
55:other
46:Ibibio
3369:Kaiso
3299:Child
3285:List
3133:Welsh
3126:Dumka
3111:Swiss
3027:Irish
2970:Dutch
2958:Polka
2948:Czech
2775:LaĂŻko
2770:Greek
2552:Hakka
2512:Asian
2467:Maori
2375:Kaiso
2341:Mento
2319:Cuban
2239:MĂ©tis
2234:Inuit
2100:Blues
2026:Yuman
2021:Yaqui
2016:Sioux
1996:MĂ©tis
1986:Kiowa
1976:Inuit
1922:Yaqui
1683:Koplo
1566:Child
1363:Mento
1358:Kaiso
1333:Benna
1076:Hausa
1067:Kongo
1061:That
1051:griot
1014:limbo
965:kaiso
949:kaiso
930:griot
871:Kaiso
767:Haiti
573:Rapso
553:Kaiso
494:Tassa
464:Filmi
382:Hindu
328:Tassa
290:Rapso
250:Filmi
208:Kaiso
135:rapso
107:mento
42:Kongo
29:Kaiso
2985:Jigs
2650:Trot
2385:Soca
2229:Innu
2224:Dene
2105:Jazz
1971:Innu
1966:Dene
1373:Soca
1275:ISBN
1250:ISBN
1221:ISBN
1202:2019
1142:2019
1124:ISBN
1108:2006
1016:and
1004:The
973:Efik
905:and
903:Efik
893:and
732:Cuba
583:Soca
513:Bélé
416:Sufi
235:Soca
225:Bélé
92:soca
72:and
50:Efik
48:and
2117:Jug
1854:Xáş©m
1834:RaĂŻ
1460:Ska
1353:Jwé
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