The Ramayana
(Cook Records, 1961), 40 mins
Details
- Field of Interest
- World Music
- Description
- Calypso is not the only musical genre known to Trinidad: there is a large East Indian presence on the Caribbean island, which ensures that the traditional orchestral sounds of India mingle with the sounds of Afro-Caribbean dance musics. In this recording, B.O. Girwarr sings a selection from the first great Sanskrit epic, the Ramayana. The setting of this religious chanting is accompanied by a five-piece Indian ensemble of local and South Asian instruments.
- Content Type
- Music recording
- Duration
- 40 mins
- Format
- Audio
- Sub Genre
- Ritual, Epic, Song
- Label
- Cook Records
- Release Date
- 1961
- Subject
- World Music, Music & Performing Arts, South Asia: Indian Subcontinent, Sul da Ásia: Subcontinente Indiano, Sudeste Asiático: Subcontinente Indio, India
- Keywords and Translated Subjects
- Sul da Ásia: Subcontinente Indiano, Sudeste Asiático: Subcontinente Indio