1. The History of Trinidadian Music
... earned its place in history as the national folk song of Trinidad and Tobago and the music of the Caribbean with all of calypso and soca hitting Trinidad around the world. Rapso it's a style of poetry blended with calypso that express the experiences of everyday people. Rapso is the power of the world the rhythm of the world the truth and the light and therefore pure rapso is the living experience of the voice. Rapso has been a ... Carnival that can be seen in Trinidad today. Even before Trinidad became independent from Britain in 1962 the success of calypso in the 50's ushered a period ...
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