Ziskakan
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Ziskakan is a maloya
group from Réunion
. The frontman is Gilbert Pounia. They are one of the most famous bands from the island. The band formed in 1979. Their style includes adding modern techniques to traditional maloya (called electric maloya), as well as adding Indian instruments. Some of their lyrics are from early poems by Dev Virahsawmy
, including many of the poems from Les Lapo Kabri Gazuyé.
Maloya
Maloya is one of the two major music genres of Réunion, usually sung in Réunion Creole, traditionally with a purely percussion accompaniment. It has origins in the music of slaves on the island, as has the other folk music of Réunion, sega. It is sometimes compared to the American music, the...
group from Réunion
Réunion
Réunion is a French island with a population of about 800,000 located in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar, about south west of Mauritius, the nearest island.Administratively, Réunion is one of the overseas departments of France...
. The frontman is Gilbert Pounia. They are one of the most famous bands from the island. The band formed in 1979. Their style includes adding modern techniques to traditional maloya (called electric maloya), as well as adding Indian instruments. Some of their lyrics are from early poems by Dev Virahsawmy
Dev Virahsawmy
Dev Virahsawmy , is a politician, playwright, poet and advocate of the Mauritian Creole language.-Early life:...
, including many of the poems from Les Lapo Kabri Gazuyé.