Portfolio: Intoduction

 The theme I choose to talk about is creolization. Creolization as described in Tour de Force: A Musical Journey of the Caribbean means "the blending of musical and other cultural traditions.” It is also described as "the process of cultural exchange that results when multiple cultures come into contact and mix. The resulting cultural products are unique, combining elements of the original cultures with new and distinct ones. Another word for Creolization is known as Syncretism." 

An example or Creolization would be Calypso. An artist by the name of Calypso Rose wrote numerous amounts of great Calypso songs.

Down Below is a picture of Ms Rose.

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Her topmost listened to song is Calypso Queen and a sample of it is found below. 

Along with music, another way creolization can be found is in food and has affected the type of dishes being mad and the way it is made. In places like Louisiana, the French Caribbean and South America creolization was beginning to be seen in the dishes they prepared. Due to this a new way of creating dishes came about. This way is called ‘creole.’ Creole cooking now became apart of the food culture. Creole became important t cultures now as it provided new a better flavor of food in the Caribbean. 

The picture above is a Shrimp Creole dish from Louisiana. 

The video above is quick tutorial of how the shrimp creole dish is made.