Afro-Caribbean culture

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Afro-Caribbean culture is the rich, syncretic cultural tradition that emerged from the blending of African, Caribbean Indigenous, and European influences in the Caribbean, expressed through its music, religion, language, and artistic practices.

All labels observed (1)

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Afro-Caribbean culture canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural tradition
intangible cultural heritage
syncretic culture
associatedWith Black Atlantic identity
linked to: Black Atlantic

Pan-Africanism
diasporic consciousness
postcolonial resistance
developedFrom African diaspora in the Caribbean
transatlantic slave trade legacy
expressedThrough carnival traditions
culinary practices
dance
festivals
language
literature
music
oral traditions
religion
visual arts
hasArtForm Afro-Caribbean literature
Caribbean carnival costume design
Caribbean folk art
hasCulinaryElement callaloo
jerk seasoning
plantain dishes
rice and peas
saltfish dishes
hasCulturalPractice Anansi stories
linked to: Anansi

carnival masquerade
drumming ceremonies
masquerade traditions
ring games
spiritual possession rituals
stick fighting
storytelling
hasInfluenceFrom African cultures
Caribbean Indigenous cultures
European cultures
hasLanguageForm Caribbean Creole languages
linked to: Caribbean Creole

Dutch-based Creole
English-based Creole
French-based Creole
Spanish-based Creole
hasMusicGenre bachata
calypso
dancehall
kompa
mento
reggae
reggaeton
salsa
ska
soca
zouk
hasOrigin Caribbean region
linked to: Caribbean
hasReligiousTradition Kumina
Obeah
Rastafari
linked to: Rastafari movement

Santería
Shango Baptist
Vodou
linked to: Haitian Vodou
hasTheme creolization
hybridity
migration and diaspora
resistance to colonialism
slavery and emancipation
spiritual resilience
influencedBy Catholicism
linked to: Roman Catholicism

Central African spiritual systems
Indigenous Caribbean cosmologies
Protestant Christianity
West African spiritual systems
influences Afro-Latin American culture
Black British culture
global popular music
hip hop culture
practicedIn Bahamas
Barbados
Barbuda
Belize
Caribbean diaspora communities
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Grenada
Guyana
linked to: British Guiana

Haiti
Jamaica
Puerto Rico
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Suriname
Trinidad and Tobago
relatedConcept Afro-diasporic religions
Black Atlantic
Caribbean identity
creolization
cultural hybridity

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Negrismo hasCulturalFocus Afro-Caribbean culture
Sóngoro cosongo hasCulturalContext Afro-Caribbean culture
Jamaican associatedWith Afro-Caribbean culture