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Music of Seychelles - Definition
East African music
Burundi
Djibouti
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Kenya
Rwanda
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Somalia
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Tanzania
Uganda

The Seychelles are an independent island chain in the Indian Ocean, formerly a colony of France. Folk music incorporates multiple influences in a syncretic fashion, including English contredanse, polka and mazurka, French folk and pop, sega from Mauritius and Réunion, taarab, soukous and other pan-African genres, and Polynesian, Indian and Arcadian music. A complex form of percussion music called contombley is popular, as is Patrick Victor's fusion of native folk rhythms with Kenyan benga; this style is known as montea.

References

  • Ewens, Graeme and Werner Graebner. "A Lightness of Touch". 2000. In Broughton, Simon and Ellingham, Mark with McConnachie, James and Duane, Orla (Ed.), World Music, Vol. 1: Africa, Europe and the Middle East, pp 505-508. Rough Guides Ltd, Penguin Books. ISBN 1-85828-636-0

Example Usage of Seychelles
PlaneteNAUSICAA: Loin de Copenhague, les Seychelles bientôt les pieds dans l'eau -AFP http://icio.us/meh2f1
LissiaLeStrange: @Equestrienne_ Ooh I hear the Seychelles are nice this time of year [smiles] Plenty of muggles to kill.
zero42zero: http://twitpic.com/un1z4 - A gift from my Bro...Rum from the Seychelles...Where's the rum gone?!
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