Indian Folk Music and ‘Tropical Body Language’: The Case of Mauritian Chutney
In Mauritius, the meeting between Indian worlds and Creole worlds, through the migration of the indentured labour which followed the abolition of slavery in 1834, gave birth to a style of music called ‘chutney’. As a result of the African influence on an Indian folk genre, chutney music embodies the...
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| Language: | English |
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Centre d’Etudes de l’Inde et de l’Asie du Sud
2011-01-01
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| Series: | South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/samaj/3111 |