Music of Trinidad and Tobago - Steelband and Parang

Steelband and Parang

Steelband and pan music have achieved great popularity in Trinidad, and was developed circa the 1930s in Laventille, Port of Spain.

Latin American-derived seasonal Christmas music called Parang traditionally involves singers moving throughout homes or districts playing staple instruments, such as the cuatro (a four-stringed guitar), the maracas (indigenously known as chac-chacs), and the guitar. Chutney Soca and chut-kai-pang (chutney, Parang and calypso, mixed with Venezuelan-derived rhythms) have also achieved popularity over the years.