Cariso 4923698 129451969 2007-05-09T06:26:01Z Matthew hk 727505 Trinidad-stub '''Cariso''' is a kind of [[Trinidad]]ian folk music, and an important ancestor of [[calypso music]]. The word may come from ''carieto'', a [[Carib]] word that means ''joyous [[song]]''. Cariso used satirical and insulting lyrics, and is related to the [[picong]] tradition. Cariso singers, called '''chantwells''', sang primarily in [[French language|French]]. '''Cariso''' is a kind of [[music of the Virgin Islands|Virgin Islander]] folk song. ==References== *[http://www.proudfleshjournal.com/issue3/samuel.htm ProudFlesh] * {{cite book|chapter=The Virgin Islands|author=Sheehy, Daniel E.|title=Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, Volume Two: South America, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean|id=ISBN 0-8153-1865-0|year=1999|pages=968-974|publisher=Routledge}} [[Category:Music of Trinidad and Tobago]] {{Trinidad-stub}} {{music-genre-stub}}