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Kaiso is a type of music popular in Trinidad and Tobago, and other countries, especially of the Caribbean, such as Grenada, Belize, Barbados, St. Lucia and Dominica, which originated in West Africa particularly among the Efik and Ibibio people of Nigeria, and later evolved into calypso music.
In 1999, Singing Sandra became the second woman to ever win the Calypso Monarch competition after Calypso Rose's win in 1978. This was an important feat. By being crowned the Calypso Monarch at this annual Calypso competition, that took place at Trinidad and Tobago's Carnival, she reaffirmed the place of women in Calypso music and society.
During World War II Kitchener became popular with US troops based on the island, leading to performances in New York. After the end of World War II, the Trinidad and Tobago Carnival took place in early March 1946, during which Kitchener won his very first official Road March title with a catchy calypso leggo called "Jump In The Line".
Originally called "Kaiso" in Trinidad, these songs, based on West African Yoruba, Ewe-Fon and Akan musical beats, were sung by slaves and later ex-slaves in Trinidad and Tobago during recreation time and about a host of topics – their land of origin, social relationships on the plantations and the lives of community members, including ...
Calypso Rose or Linda McCartha Monica Sandy-Lewis (born April 27, 1940, in Bethel Village, Tobago) is a Trinidad and Tobago calypsonian.She started writing songs at the age of 13; over the years, she has composed more than 1000 songs and recorded more than 20 albums.
Rapso music is itself an evolution of the chantwell or griot tradition of African music in the diaspora. It is called "the poetry of Calypso" and "the Power of the Word in the rhythm of the Word". Rapso is the poetic "rap" form of Trinbagonian music—the next evolutionary step of Calypso and Soca music.
In Christmas, parang is the traditional form of music at that time of year as well as a modern admixture called soca parang. Pastelle, [1] [clarification needed] black cake, fruit cake, sweet bread (paime) [clarification needed] are customary eats; Peardrax, [2] ponche de creme ("punch a crem'"), ginger beer, sorrel wine are the drinks.