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Riverland Mas Presents \u201cJUNGLE BOUYON FEVER \u201c for its 2011 Miami Broward One Carnival Band.<\/p>\nRiverland Mas Presents \u201cJUNGLE BOUYON FEVER \u201c for its 2011 Miami Broward One Carnival Band.<\/p>\n
This year\u2019s theme evolved from the 1980\u2019s creation of Bouyon music, a musical genre developed from an infusion of traditional songs, dances, and beats in the Commonwealth of Dominica, such as B\u00e8l\u00e8, Jing-ping, Quadrille, Chant\u00e9 mas, Lapo kabwit, Mazook, with a twist of Cadance, Zouk, and other styles of Caribbean music, like Soca and Calypso.<\/p>\n
It is a very unique style of music created by the W.C.K. band (Known then as Cornell, Wakas and Keith) of the Commonwealth of Dominica.<\/p>\n
The Group\u2019s president Elka Cools-Latigue, explains the reason for choosing this year\u2019s theme. \u201cWe normally choose themes to suit Dominica’s culture, people, music and lifestyle. This year, I was looking through some old WCK CDs and found that song, ‘Jungle Bouyon Fever.\u00a0\u00a0 It suited Dominica perfectly,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n This year the band has three sections for the first time, all of which depict an aspect of Dominica\u2019s Bouyon Music\u2019s rhythm and culture. There is also a special section, featuring the traditional Sensay costumes, which will be competing in the individual costume section.<\/p>\n \u201cWe will always portray something pertaining to our country to increase the awareness of the Dominican culture in North American festivals,\u201d Elka said.<\/p>\n The three sections are:<\/p>\n Bush Doctors \u2013 These Bush Doctors will be holding down the fort and taking care of business. By trying to regulate de temperature, they are bush doctors, who will be administering \u201cde natural medicine, de bush medicine, is de best medicine\u201d.<\/p>\n Bouyon Fever – These carnival revelers are on fire.\u00a0 A red-hot shimmering haze blazing into the jungle. The word Bouyon is defined as a stew, a mix of flavors and spices. This describes the music, a Bouyon, out of many came one new unique beat.\u00a0 And it has become popular in other islands of the Caribbean, this new type of music emphasizes on the use of modern technology with a strong keyboard rhythmic patterns.<\/p>\n Jungle Bouyon \u2013 Jamming down the road, the jungle pulsates with the rhythms of bouyon, there is fire every where, deep in the heart of the jungle the inhabitants are on fire, a raging fever, a fever for Mas, a fever for bacchanal, a fever for the Pounding Rhythms of Bouyon music backed up by the W.C.K. Band and Blackberry Sound Crew. It will be a cultural infusion.<\/p>\n This year is the 7th year Riverland Mas has organized a carnival band for Miami\u2019s Carnival. The group\u2019s founder\/President Elka Cools-Latigue said, \u201cAlthough I am in the front line of this all, it has been a team effort \u201c<\/p>\n The group is calling all Dominicans to come to Miami\/Broward carnival on October 09, 2011 to celebrate in Dominican style, on the streets of Miami.\u00a0 It will be a festival to be remembered. Space is limited.<\/p>\n For more information:![\"\"](\"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/reveller-300x190.jpg\" "\\"reveller\\"")
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