What is the Carnival tradition

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1. What is the Carnival tradition and how did it come to Trinidad? Where does the term calypso come from? What is a chantwell and how do they relate to present day Rap? How does "Belair" relate to the West African Griot? How did Calypso change when the British took over Trinidad?

2. What is the purpose of the names of early Calypsonians? Who is Harry Belafonte? Why is Belafonte so important in the evolution of Calypso?

3. What was the artist Lord Shorty's fear about Calypso music and subsequently what became of the central focus of his music? What is Rapso and what issues does it deal with?

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