Cariso

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Cariso is a kind of Trinidadian folk music, and an important ancestor of calypso music. The word may come from carieto, a Carib word that means joyous song. Cariso used satirical and insulting lyrics, and is related to the picong tradition. Cariso singers, called chantwells, sang primarily in French.

Cariso is a kind of Virgin Islander folk song.

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  • Sheehy, Daniel E. (1999). “The Virgin Islands”, Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, Volume Two: South America, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean. Routledge, 968-974. ISBN 0-8153-1865-0.


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