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Feb 10, 2022 · The Africans deported and enslaved in Guadeloupe from the seventeenth century introduced the components of today’s Gwoka. Defying the Black Code, they used to gather to play drums, to sing and dance.
Jul 28, 2013 · There is no Black Diamond Bay as such, but the notion of a volcano hitting a small but inhabited island resonates with thoughts of the Caribbean which has volcanoes across region including Montserrat, Dominica, Guadeloupe…
Gwoka has its roots in the turbulent past of the archipelago! Gwoka is both a musical genre and a dance performed to the rhythm of a drum known as the "KA". The percussionist, known as the "tambouyé", performs rhythms that can be festive or melancholy, but all are undeniably captivating.
UNESCO: Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity - 2014URL: http://www.unesco.org/culture/ich/RL/00991Description: Gwoka is one of...
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Sep 14, 2016 · Gwoka is born from the meeting of slaves from different African tribes. When they arrived in the Caribbean, they did not speak the same language, they did not have the same customs but they all knew music. Under the sunshine of Guadeloupe, African languages mixed with the languages spoken by the European settlers and Amerindian words.
Learn about Gwo-Ka, the traditional Music and Dance from the Guadeloupe Islands. Recognized since November 2014 as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of H...
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Originally, playing and dancing gwoka was a means of resistance and survival, but today it's an integral part of everyday life in Guadeloupe. Yves Thôle, emblematic figure of the 'gwoka' Yves fell in love with the gwoka at an early age!
