Chutney music

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Chutney music is a lively Indo-Caribbean musical genre that blends Indian folk melodies and instruments with Caribbean rhythms and often features lyrics in Hindi, Bhojpuri, and English.

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Chutney soca 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-Caribbean music
music genre
associatedWithDance Chutney dancing
associatedWithEvent Carnival
Hindu religious celebrations
weddings
culturalOrigin Indo-Caribbean community
derivesFrom Indian wedding songs
bhajan
matkor
sohar
developedIn Caribbean
British Guiana
surface form: Guyana

Suriname
Trinidad and Tobago
emerged 1960s
fusionOf Caribbean rhythms
Indian folk melodies
gainedPopularity 1980s
1990s
hasSubgenre Chutney parang
Chutney music self-linksurface differs
surface form: Chutney soca

Religious chutney
lyricalTheme family life
humor
love
social commentary
notableArtist Adesh Samaroo
Babla
Drupatee Ramgoonai
Kanchan
Ravi B
Rikki Jai
Sundar Popo
notableSong Nani and Nana
Pholourie Bina Chutney Kaise Bani
region Caribbean diaspora
North America
United Kingdom
stylisticOrigin Bhojpuri folk music
Bollywood music
Calypso
Caribbean music
Indian folk music
Soca
typicalLanguage Bhojpuri
Sarnami Hindustani
surface form: Caribbean Hindustani

English
Hindi
typicalMood dance-oriented
festive
typicalTempo fast
usesInstrument bass guitar
dhantal
dholak
drum kit
electric guitar
harmonium
synthesizer
tabla
vocalStyle call and response
improvisation

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Chutney music hasSubgenre Chutney music self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Chutney soca
Indo-Caribbean people musicTradition Chutney music
Indo-Caribbean people musicTradition Chutney music
this entity surface form: Chutney soca