• Gwo ka is an Antillean Creole term for big drum. Alongside Gwotanbou, simply Ka or Banboula (archaic), it refers to both a family of hand drums and the...
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  • in the folk music of Guadeloupe and Martinique, especially Guadeloupan gwo ka and Martinican chouval bwa, and the pan-Caribbean calypso tradition. Carnival...
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  • genre. This is a fusion of African, European and American styles. Like gwo ka and bélé, Kasékò from French Guiana is also a rhythm and a dance and is...
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  • especially the song's chorus, featuring the repetitive phrase "Gwo Gwo Gwo Ngwo". The resurgence of "Ka Esi Le Onye Isi Oche" can be largely attributed to a viral...
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  • performances in Martinique and Guadeloupe, as opposed to the modernized gwo ka moderne. Music of Martinique and Guadeloupe Bébel-Gisler, Dany (1994). Leonora:...
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  • modernized Chinese traditional music. Gwo ka – Guadaloupean drum music. Gwo ka moderne – modernized style of gwo ka. Gypsy jazz – Roma-French style of jazz...
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  • cadence-lypso bélé biguine gwo ka Cultural origins Early 1980s, French Antilles (esp. Guadeloupe and Martinique) Typical instruments Gwo ka tibwa shak shak brass...
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  • Martinique and Guadeloupe, especially Martinican chouval bwa, and Guadeloupan gwo ka. There's also notable influence of the pan-Caribbean calypso tradition and...
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  • the genre with funk, and Makossa. Music of Guadeloupe and Martinique: The gwo ka, traditional music of Guadeloupe, of which there are 7 versions (rhythmic)...
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  • Pyrrhichios, Serra, Pentozali, Kalamatianos, Tsamiko, Ballos, Sousta Guadeloupe Gwo ka Guatemala Baile de la Conquista Guyana Soca Haiti Compas, Kadans Honduras...
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