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Rabòday

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Stylistic origins
  
Cultural origins
  
Mid 2000s, Haiti

Typical instruments
  

Rabòday is a rhythm of traditional dance music played to the drum and is arranged to electronic music.

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Etymology

Rabòday is a name borrowed from one of the hundreds of traditional Vodou rhythms, one that is at every base of Haitian music.

Origins

Rabòday emerged in the mid-2000s and was inspired by Rasin music, which is the mixture of traditional Haitian rhythms and with pop-rock music since the 1980s. As in Rasin, Rabòday talks about society's problems.

Rhythm

Rabòday has a 4/4 dance rhythm.

References

Rabòday Wikipedia


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