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Alan Lomax Collection

The Caribbean

While recording for the Library of Congress in the 1930s, Lomax made trips to Haiti and the Bahamas. In 1962 he returned to the Caribbean, recording traditional music of English, French and Spanish speaking Caribbean, as well as recordings of the Hindu community in Trinidad.

Detail of Men playing drums from Mayoro, Trinidad, 1962
Men playing drums from Mayoro, Trinidad, 1962		 Detail of Woman dancing in Carriacou, 1962
Woman dancing in Carriacou, 1962		 Detail of Grenada, Shango ceremony, July 1962
Grenada, Shango ceremony, July 1962		 Detail of Grenada, Shango ceremony, July 1962
Grenada, Shango ceremony, July 1962		 Detail of Grenada, July 1962
Grenada, July 1962		 Detail of Childrens' ring games, Dominica, July 1962
Childrens' ring games, Dominica, July 1962		 Detail of Anguilla, July 1962
 Anguilla, July 1962		 Detail of Trinidad street festival, June 1962
Trinidad street festival, June 1962

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