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