Music of Seychelles
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