Dance
Square dance and clogging are two dance styles indicative of this musical tradition of the United States.
What is Old Time Music?
This competition features groups who play steel pan.
What is Panorama?
This singing group, famous for their multilayered harmonies, can be heard in American popular culture, such as the Lion King soundtrack.
Who is Ladysmith Black Mambazo?
Brass bands and Jazz Funerals are indicative of this city's musical culture.
New Orleans
Irish citizens fought for their own nation state after this major event led to mass death and immigration.
Steel bands, calypso, soca, and chutney all accompany the dancing and marching found in the celebrations of this event in Trinidad and Tobago.
What is Carnival?
Whistles, fiddles, Uilleann pipes, Bodhran drums, guitars, and accordians are all present in this musical tradition.
What is Irish Traditional Music?
This game is not considered singing by the community who plays it.
What is Kattijaq or Inuit throat singing?
Hindusthani music is the classical music of this region.
What is North India?
This term describes the “master musician” in Moroccan gnawa.
What is M’allem?
Cuban, Puerto-Rican, Mexican, and other Latin Americans lay claim to this music-dance that became popular in the United States in the 1950s and 1960s.
What is salsa?
Harmonium, Dholak, and sometimes a secondary harmonic instrument, accompany this singing and clapping in this tradition.
What is qawwali?
Lord Kitchener and Mighty Sparrow sing this style of music whose lyrics span social commentary, politics, satire, and double entendres.
What is Calypso?
Mele (Songs), Oli (chants), Pule (prayer) are used to protect/protest the abuse of this volcano.
What is Mauna Kei?
This term that describes the repeated recitation of the names of God in Sufi Islam.
What is Dhikr/Zikr?
This music dance facilitates dance for healing, and co-mingling and possession of spirits (al-mluk).
What is Gnawa?
Sitar, sarod, bansuri, tabla, pakhawaj are all instruments used in this musical style.
What is Hindusthani music?
What is K-POP?
KPOP, one of the top five music grossing markets in the world, is based in this country.
What is Korea?
A blessing given by Hijra often performed at Mosques or other religious traditions such as weddings or birth celebrations.
What is a Badhai?
This is the style of dance highlights the dancers facial expressions to convey storytelling and emphasize intimacy between the dancer and the musicians.
What is Kathak?
Qraqab are cymbals used this music.
What is Gnawa?
This genre of Sufi is devotional in nature.
What is Qawwali?
The banjo, popular in Old Time music traditions in United States, has roots in these two other global regions.
What is West Africa and Europe (Ireland)?
Carnival has celebrations all over the world as part of this religious tradition.
What is Christianity?