Press Release/PPTRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, CARIBBEAN, February 18, 2005: In recent years, people of East Indian and South Asian descent have started contributing to the Carnival in multi-ethnic Trinidad Tobago. As a result, a publication exclusively featuring this festival can be ordered through the Indo-Caribbean Cultural Council. Features of this edition include the following, “Greetings from the Prime Minister: The Honourable Patrick Manning; Is Carnival a religious festival?; Sacred or secular?; The rise of chutney soca in Trinidad; The evolution of Calypso: From the 19th to the 1900s; Chutney goes to the Mas Camp Pub: A sign of the times; Indi Carnival Commission: Cutney contesting space; Adesh Samaroo – the young chutney icon [an exclusive interview]; Chutney Soca and Carnival and more.” BR
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Checks are to be made payable to the ICC and sent to Swami Avenue, Don Miguel Road, San Juan, Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies. Prices are as follows: TT$25 (includes handling and local postage), or US$12 (includes handling and foreign postage).BR
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HPI Adds: We found this definition of “Chutney Music” a HREF=”http://www.ajeetpraimsingh.com/”here/aBR
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Chutney: a name given to a hot spicy presentation of songs which were made popular by the ladies, having a “good time ” in a wedding or birth and the men also having a “good time” in an informal get-together, it’s basically identified with its rhythm formulated from the Indo-Trinbagonian Hindi classical songs and the incorporating or influence by the music of its environment of the various ethnic people and the expressions that comes out of the mix culture in the society living together. Chutney selections are sung on any topics. It’s musical fusion is very popular for its English and Hindi lyrics. Cross-over music includes modern Western musical instruments known as Soca Chutney. However the sounds of traditional dholak, dhantal and harmonium enriches the expressions emerging. Chutney music results from this vibrant fusion. /P

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