Soca
Trinidad's carnival engine
Soca a zo sonerezh karnaval eus Trinidad ha Tobago. Unanoc'h peurc'h eget ar c'hipso, ha sevelet evit ar merc'h. Son ar karnaval Karibeg a-benn an enezioù hag ar diaspora.
Origin & history
Soca developed in Trinidad in the 1970s, with the Trinidadian musician Lord Shorty — later Ras Shorty I — widely credited as its originator, fusing calypso with the Indian-Caribbean rhythms of the island.
It became the engine of carnival in Trinidad and then across the Caribbean and its diaspora, with carnivals in London, Toronto, New York and Miami built around it.
Arzourien
Ar sonerezh Trinidad 'zo o kreñviñ ar soka eus an anv-seizenn.
Arzour soka mod Trinidad, un arouezenn kreiz e eur ar c'harnaval.
Pelec'h e vev.
Goulennoù ha respontoù
What is soca?+
Soca is the carnival dance music of Trinidad and Tobago — faster and more percussive than calypso, and written for the road march.
How is soca different from calypso?+
Soca grew out of calypso but is faster, more rhythm-driven and built for dancing rather than for calypso's storytelling and social commentary.
Where did soca come from?+
Trinidad and Tobago, in the 1970s.