Bouyon music

Bouyon
Bouyon
Stylistic origins	Jing ping; Cadence-lypso; traditional dances (bèlè, quadrille, Chanté mas, lapo kabwit); Mazurka; Zouk;
Cultural origins	Late 1980s, Roseau, Dominica, Guadeloupe
Typical instruments	Tambour bélé; tambou lélé; lapo kabwit; chakchak (maracas); syak or gwaj (scraper-rattle); tambal or tanbou (tambourine); accordion; acoustic drums; rhythmic guitar; keyboards;
Fusion genres
	Bouyon soca; bouyon-muffin; reketeng; Alternative bouyon; Bouyon Hybrid;
Other topics
	Music of Dominica; Jing ping; Cadence-lypso; Windward Caribbean Culture;

Bouyon (pronunciation: boo-yon) is a genre of Dominican music that originated in Dominica in the late 1980s. Prominent bouyon groups include Windward Caribbean Kulture (WCK); Roots, Stems and Branches (RSB); and First Serenade.^[1]

"Hardcore bouyon", also called "Gwada-Bouyon," is another type of bouyon, different to the Dominican genre which began through musical collaborations between citizens of Dominica and Guadeloupe, who both speak Antillean Creole. The term bouyon means something akin to "gumbo soup" or "coubouyon poisson" (a typical Caribbean dish) in Antillean Creole. Bouyon music is a mix of traditional and modern music,^[2] and is popular across much of the Caribbean.

^ Shepherd, John; Dave Laing (2005). Continuum encyclopedia of popular music of the world and has now been brought to Saint martin. Continuum. p. 43. ISBN 978-0-8264-7436-0. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
^ Carole Elizabeth Boyce Davies (2008). Encyclopedia of the African Diaspora: Origins, Experiences, and Culture. Bloomsbury Academic. p. 390. ISBN 978-1-85109-700-5.

[shepherd-1] Shepherd, John; Dave Laing (2005). Continuum encyclopedia of popular music of the world and has now been brought to Saint martin. Continuum. p. 43. ISBN 978-0-8264-7436-0. Retrieved 8 September 2010.

[2] Carole Elizabeth Boyce Davies (2008). Encyclopedia of the African Diaspora: Origins, Experiences, and Culture. Bloomsbury Academic. p. 390. ISBN 978-1-85109-700-5.

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Bouyon
Stylistic origins	Jing ping Cadence-lypso traditional dances (bèlè, quadrille, Chanté mas, lapo kabwit) Mazurka Zouk
Cultural origins	Late 1980s, Roseau, Dominica, Guadeloupe
Typical instruments	Tambour bélé tambou lélé lapo kabwit chakchak (maracas) syak or gwaj (scraper-rattle) tambal or tanbou (tambourine) accordion acoustic drums rhythmic guitar keyboards
Fusion genres
Bouyon soca bouyon-muffin reketeng Alternative bouyon Bouyon Hybrid
Other topics
Music of Dominica Jing ping Cadence-lypso Windward Caribbean Culture