Recorded by Alan Lomax, assisted by Antoinette Marchand

Notes by Peter Manuel

A panorama of traditional East Indian and newly-created creolized South Asian music. Trinidadian “local classical” tan singing, Hindu devotional and wedding songs; Muslim tassa and Madrasi funeral drumming; and a unique excerpt from a Guadeloupan Kali ceremony all testify to the rich East Indian contributions to Caribbean music.