e/Calypsonian

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has glosseng: A calypsonian is a musician, from the Anglophone Caribbean, with the exception of Jamaica, who sings songs called calypso. Calypsos are musical renditions having their origins in the West African griot tradition. Originally called "Kaiso" in Trinidad, these songs, based on West African Yoruba, Ewe-Fon and Akan musical beats, were sung by slaves and later ex-slaves during recreation time and about a host of topics including their land of origin, social relationships on the plantations and the lives of community members including plantation managers, overseers and owners. In Trinidad, the songs seem to have been religious songs brought with the enslaved from their African homelands which were inevitably adjusted for their new circumstances and location. The songs evolved further as Trinidad gained a significant number of free and enslaved blacks from neighbouring Grenada which resulted in the adoption of French Creole as the language of Kaiso.
lexicalizationeng: Calypsonians
lexicalizationeng: calypsonian
instance of(noun) the isthmus joining North America and South America; extends from the southern border of Mexico to the northern border of Colombia
Central America
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Japanese
has glossjpn: カリプソニアン (calypsonian) とは、カリプソの伝統的な旋律と押韻を研究した、音楽家・即興詩人である。カリプソニアンは、基本的には時事問題を引き出し、それに対する批評や皮肉をもって、カリプソの歌詞を構成する。その対象がどんなものでも、即興で歌うことができるのが最上のカリプソニアンと言える。
lexicalizationjpn: カリプソニアン
Castilian
has glossspa: Un Calypsonian es un músico que ha estudiado la cultura y la música calypso y memorizados sus ritmos y estrofas tradicionales. Si bien es cierto que sus temas son tropicales, los más importantes músicos del género pueden improvisar un calipso sobre cualquier tema propuesto.
lexicalizationspa: calypsonian

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