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CALYPSO: Calypso, or Kaiso, derives from traditional African musical forms. Like its cousins, Jazz, Blues, Dub and Rap, it uses ingenious improvisation to comment on life, love, politics and society. Along with its Carnival counterparts, Mas' and Steel Pan, Calypso steps outside the boundaries of everyday life to express an opinion about it. Soca, the familiar Carnival party music, is a blend of Soul and Calypso. A recent variant is Rapso, a combination of Dub, Rap and Calypso. CANBOULAY:From the French canne brulee. Freed slaves in Trinidad celebrated Emancipation with ceremonial torchlight processions, drumming, and costumes that commemorated times of fire in the canefields. Originally celebrated on August 1 (coincidentally the date of Caribana), Canboulay eventually became incorporated into Carnival time in the spring.CHUTNEY SOCA:"No more Mother Africa, no more Mother India, just Mother Trini: says "Brotherhood of the Boat", one of this year's popular calypsos. African and East Indian musical forms are blending more and more each year in this and other hybrid forms.JAB MOLASSIE:Painted devil: a traditional Trinidad Carnival costume. ("Jab" is from the French diable.) Another well-known devil costume is the Jab Jab, who resembles a jester, but carries a whip.MAS' (MASQUERADE) BAND:Each theme group in the parade is a "band". Each band includes a live musical group and masqueraders in costumes that depict a particular theme. The costumes are built in a Mas' Camp.STEEL PAN:Trinidad and Tobago gave the 20th century its only new acoustic musical instrument. In Trinidad and Tobago, the Steel Pan movement has evolved from skirmishes among rough young men to a huge celebration that culminates in the Panorama showdown each year. |
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