Boula (music)

Boula (music)

The word "boula" can refer to at least four different drums played in the Caribbean music area.

The Guadeloupan "boula" is a hand drum, similar to the "tambou bèlè", and is used in "gwo ka" and special occasions likes wakes, wrestling matches and Carnival celebrations. It is a hand drum that plays low-pitched sounds and is played single-handed and transversally. [cite book|chapter=Guadeloupe|author=Guilbault, Jocelyne|title=Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, Volume Two: South America, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean|pages=pp 873-880|id=ISBN 0-8153-1865-0|year=1999|publisher=Routledge]

The "boula" of Carriacou is also a hand drum, now most often made of rum casks. It is also called the "tambou dibas", and is used in the Big Drum tradition. [cite book|chapter=Grenada|author=McDaniel, Lorna|title=Garland Encyclopedia of World Music|volume=Volume 2|id=ISBN 0-8153-1865-0|year=1999|publisher=Routledge|pages=pp 865-872] [cite web|work=Paradise Inn|title=Tombstone - Big Drum - Saraca|accessdate=September 10|accessyear=2005|url=http://www.paradise-inn-carriacou.com/tombstone.php]

The Haitian "boula" is a cowskin hand drum used in "rada" music. [cite web|title=Tanbou|work=Haitian Drums|accessdate=March 10|accessyear=2007|author=Gaston Jean-Baptiste|url=http://www.bongamusic.com/drums.html]

The "boula" of Trinidad and Tobago accompanies the stick-fighting dance called "kalenda", and is a double-headed barrel drum, played open-handed. [cite book
title=Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, Volume Two: South America, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean|author=McDaniel, Lorna|chapter=Trinidad and Tobago|pages=952-967|id=ISBN 0-8153-1865-0|year=1999|publisher=Routledge
]

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