Kiɗan Barbados ya haɗa da nau'ikan al'adun gargajiya na musamman da na kiɗan gargajiya, gami da abubuwan kiɗan gargajiya da na gargajiya. Al'adar Barbados haɗakarwa ce ta haɗin gwiwar abubuwa na Afirka da na Birtaniyya, kuma kiɗan tsibirin yana nuna wannan cakuda ta hanyar nau'ikan waƙoƙi da salo, kayan kida, raye-raye, da ƙa'idodin kyan gani.
Shahararrun al'adun Barbados sun haɗa da motsi na Landship, wanda yake shaƙatawa ne, na yau da kullun, ƙungiyar shayi ta ruwan ruwan Burtaniya, da yawancin makada da raye-raye na gargajiya.
A cikin Barbados na zamani, shahararrun salo sun haɗa da calypso, spouge, da sauran salo, yawancinsu an shigo dasu daga Trinidad da Tobago, Amurka, ko kuma wasu wurare. Barbados shine, tare da Trinidad, Cuba, Puerto Rico da Virgin Islands, ɗayan ɗayan cibiyoyin jazz a cikin Caribbean.
Barbados al'adun aiki ne, kuma ana ganin al'adun gargajiyar tsibirin a matsayin cakuda da kiɗan Afirka da na Birtaniyya, tare da wasu abubuwa na musamman, waɗanda za'a iya samo su daga asalin asalin. Rikici tsakanin al'adun Afirka da na Birtaniyya wani muhimmin abu ne na tarihin Barbadiyya, kuma ya haɗa da hana wasu ayyuka na asalin Afirka da kuma baƙar fata na Barebari na al'adun Biritaniya.
Al'adar Barbadian da kiɗa sun haɗu ne da abubuwan Turai da Afirka, tare da tasiri kaɗan daga 'yan asalin tsibirin, waɗanda ba a san su sosai ba. Mafi yawan adadi na Asiya, musamman China da Japan, mutane sun koma Barbados, amma ba a yi nazarin waƙarsu ba kuma ba a da tasirin tasirin tasirin kiɗan Barbados.
Tunani na farko game da kiɗan Afro-Barbadian na iya zuwa ne daga bayanin tawayen bawa, wanda a ciki aka iza 'yan tawayen don yin yaƙin ta hanyar kiɗan bushe-bushe, bawo, ƙaho, da ƙaho na dabbobi.
Bauta ya ci gaba, kodayake, kuma masu bautar da mulkin mallaka da hukumomi daga ƙarshe sun haramta kayan kida tsakanin bayi. A ƙarshen karni na 17, sanannen sanannen al'adun Barbados ya haɓaka, game da tasirin da kayan kida na Afirka, Burtaniya da sauran tsibiran Caribbean.
Sanannen kiɗan Barbadian, duk da takunkumin doka, ya kasance muhimmin ɓangare na rayuwa tsakanin bawan tsibirin. Ga bayi, kiɗan ya kasance "mai mahimmanci don nishaɗi da rawa kuma a matsayin wani ɓangare na tsarin rayuwa don sadarwa da ma'anar addini." Mawaƙa na Afirka sun kuma yi kiɗa don ƙungiyoyin masu ba da haya na farar fata masu zaman kansu, yayin da bayi suka haɓaka waƙoƙin nasu na fati, har zuwa bikin Harvest Over, wanda aka fara a 1688.
Manyan bukukuwa na farko suna rawa amfanin gona da wakar kira da amsa tare da Shak-Shak, banjo, kasusuwa da kwalabe dauke da ruwa iri-iri.
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