Discover Trinidad & Tobago 2016 — 25th Anniversary Edition
With our 2016 edition (our 27th), we celebrate 25 years of producing Discover Trinidad & Tobago. Published every year since 1991, Discover Trinidad & Tobago is aimed both at international visitors planning a trip to the islands – whether for an eco adventure, business trip, or beach holiday – and at local Trinbagonians looking to know and explore more about their native islands. Our comprehensive coverage of Trinidad and Tobago — from arts and culture to eco adventures, accommodation to sports, planning flights and transportation and more — can help anyone plan anything from a day trip or weekend escape, to a full-on an adventure holiday or leisurely vacation. It might take a lifetime to truly experience all that the islands have to offer, but at least we can show you where to start. For more: http://www.discovertnt.com • http://www.facebook.com/discovertnt
With our 2016 edition (our 27th), we celebrate 25 years of producing Discover Trinidad & Tobago. Published every year since 1991, Discover Trinidad & Tobago is aimed both at international visitors planning a trip to the islands – whether for an eco adventure, business trip, or beach holiday – and at local Trinbagonians looking to know and explore more about their native islands. Our comprehensive coverage of Trinidad and Tobago — from arts and culture to eco adventures, accommodation to sports, planning flights and transportation and more — can help anyone plan anything from a day trip or weekend escape, to a full-on an adventure holiday or leisurely vacation. It might take a lifetime to truly experience all that the islands have to offer, but at least we can show you where to start. For more: http://www.discovertnt.com • http://www.facebook.com/discovertnt
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The East Indian vibration<br />
The most popular kind of local East Indian<br />
music is chutney, born of Hindi folk songs<br />
brought to <strong>Trinidad</strong> by Indian immigrants,<br />
and featuring instruments like the sitar and<br />
dholak drums. Chutney + soca = chutney<br />
soca! Tassa is a drum-driven music central<br />
to the Muslim festival of Hosay. Goatskincovered<br />
tassa drums are heated over fires<br />
at the roadside in order to achieve the right<br />
pitch.<br />
International vibrations<br />
Parang<br />
<strong>Trinidad</strong>’s traditional Christmas music features<br />
instruments like the cuatro, box bass<br />
and maracas, with lyrics sung mostly in<br />
Spanish. Once sung by roving bands of serenaders<br />
called paranderos, parang bands<br />
now dominate the Christmas party circuit<br />
and the airwaves in season, and are being<br />
positioned to move into international Hispanic<br />
markets.<br />
Indigenous music is only the beginning. Some of the most distinctive music groups include<br />
fusion bands 12theband, jointpop, Orange Sky and Freetown Collective; the Indo-<br />
Caribbean music of Mungal Patasar & Pantar; the Orisha songs of Ella Andall; and the<br />
rapso of 3canal and Ataklan. There are also local rock, jazz, and raggae artists. Groups like<br />
the Marionettes, Southernaires, Lydians, and Love Movement present western classical,<br />
opera, and Broadway, and are particularly popular at Christmas time.<br />
More music<br />
For more on <strong>Trinidad</strong>’s<br />
music, including how a<br />
steelpan is made,<br />
visit our website at<br />
discovertnt.com.<br />
The Marionettes Chorale perform Les Misérables. Photo by Butch Limchoy<br />
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