Creolization in Caribbean Music- Dutch Speaking
Continuing on our journey into creolization in Caribbean music, we are now moving on to Chapter 3 of Tour de Force; creolization in the Dutch-speaking Caribbean countries. Chapter 3 covers a lot of countries as some countries from the Lesser Antilles are included. These groups of islands were separated into two groups: The "Dutch Windward Islands" or the 'SSS islands'- made up of Saba, Sint Eustatius, and the southern half of Saint Maarten. And the "Dutch Leeward Islands" or the 'ABC Islands'- made up of Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao. Now in this post, I don't intend on giving a history lesson on these groups of islands, but instead, I will be focusing on the creolization of music in the Dutch-speaking countries- particularly Tumba music of Aruba. (Silveira, n.d.) Tumba Music of Aruba Tumba is a style of music native to Aruba. According to the text, Tumba grew from Tambú- a genre made up of percussion, rhythmic hand clapping, and foot-stompi...