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💃 A festival dance 🎶 A dance rhythm
calinda

calinda

9.9
A lively Afro-Caribbean rhythm played on drums for the dance
  • noun
  • UK
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  • The calinda music filled the air at the festival.

Examples

  • Dancers moved in time to the infectious beat of the calinda.

  • He learned to play the drums for the traditional calinda performance.

  • The musicians played a fast calinda that filled the festival with energy.

  • Everyone loves to dance to the calinda.

  • The musicians played a fast calinda that filled the festival with energy.

  • Dancers moved in time to the infectious beat of the calinda.

  • He learned to play the drums for the traditional calinda performance.

Surface Forms

calinda singular
calindas plural

Etymology

Calinda probably comes from an African word kalenda for a 'dance', and the same name was used for the music that goes with that dance. So a calinda is the fast drum music and rhythm that dancers move to.