Creole music
Creole music
based on a traditional African influences to which the two main genres are sega and maloya
the first being also present in Mauritius and Seychelles.
Result of crossbreeding related to the existence of slavery in Bourbon
this heritage is gradually upgraded through new genres imported from France or elsewhere.
Creole music – Sega
The sega is the kind of major creole music of Mascarenes, Mauritius and the island of Reunion, Rodrigues, Seychelles, Agalega, St. Brandon and various islands in the Indian Ocean.
Maloya out of sega to Reunion Island to dance with many hips.
The sega is very different from Maloya.
For each of these islands, the Sega different.
For example the Sega Rodrigues has two different creole music:
the Sega drum, very fast and typically African
the ségakordéon, which gives a diatonic button accordion music.
In Seychelles the pace is slower.
The Sega dance is swaying hips and whirling on itself and the man around the woman.
Some approaches of this sensual dance characterized by descending gently to the rhythm of the sound (by bending your knees slowly) so that the men and women find themselves kneeling face to face by moving the upper body, just as sensually.
Creole music – Maloya
Maloya is with Sega, one of two major genres of creole music from Reunion island.
He is the heir to the songs of slaves. If instruments are added, the bearing is dominant for maloya.
Traditional instruments such as kayamb the Piker, sati or bobre are also common and are the basis of traditional maloya.
Maloya is listed as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO since October 1, 2009.
Enjoy the creole music.
