Umculo we Barbados kubandakanya isitayile esahlukileyo somculo wesintu kunye nomculo othandwayo, kubandakanya izinto zomculo weklasikhi kunye nenkolo. Inkcubeko yaseBarbados ngumxube wokudibanisa izinto zaseAfrika nezaseBritane, kwaye umculo wesiqithi ubonakalisa lo mxube ngohlobo lweengoma nezimbo, izixhobo, imidaniso, kunye nemigaqo yobuhle.
Izithethe ezithandwayo zeBarbados zibandakanya intshukumo yeLandship, eyimbutho ehlekisayo, engacwangciswanga esekwe kumkhosi waselwandle waseBritane, amaqela eeti, kunye neqela leengoma zemveli kunye nemidaniso.
KwiBarbados yanamhlanje, izitayile ezithandwayo zibandakanya icalypso, spouge, kunye nezinye izimbo, uninzi lwazo zingeniswa eTrinidad naseTobago, eUnited States, okanye kwenye indawo. IBarbados ikunye neTrinidad, Cuba, Puerto Rico kunye neVirgin Islands, elinye lamaziko ambalwa e-jazz kwiCaribbean.
IBarbados yinkcubeko yokuvumelanisa, kwaye inkcubeko yomculo wesiqithi ithathwa njengomxube womculo wase-Afrika nowase-Bhritane, unezinto ezithile ezizodwa, ezinokufunyanwa kwimithombo yemveli. Ukungevani phakathi kwenkcubeko yaseAfrika neyaseBritane ibeyinto ebalulekileyo kwimbali yaseBarbadia, kwaye ibandakanyile ukuvalwa kwenkqubo ezithile ezinemvelaphi yaseAfrika kunye neeparbadi ezimnyama zezithethe zaseBritane.
Inkcubeko kunye nomculo waseBarbadian ngumxube wezinto zaseYurophu nezaseAfrika, zinefuthe elincinci kubemi bomthonyama besiqithi, abangaziwayo kangako. Inani elibalulekileyo laseAsia, ngakumbi iTshayina neJapan, abantu bafudukele eBarbados, kodwa umculo wabo awukafundwa kwaye akukho mpembelelo incinci iye yabakho kumculo waseBarbados.
Isalathiso sokuqala kumculo weAfro-Barbadian sinokuvela kwinkcazo yemvukelo yamakhoboka, apho abavukeli babephefumlelwe ukuba balwe ngomculo wegubu loboya, amaqokobhe, amaxilongo kunye neempondo zezilwanyana.
Ubukhoboka buyaqhubeka, nangona kunjalo, kunye nabaphathi bamakhoboka kunye nabasemagunyeni ekugqibeleni bazikhupha izixhobo zomculo phakathi kwamakhoboka. Ekupheleni kwenkulungwane ye-17, inkcubeko ethandwayo eyaziwayo yaseBarbados yajikeleza, ijikeleze iimpembelelo kunye nezixhobo zaseAfrika, Great Britain nezinye iziqithi zeCaribbean.
Umculo odumileyo waseBarbadian wokuqala, ngaphandle kwezithintelo ezisemthethweni, wawuyinxalenye ebalulekileyo yobomi phakathi kwamakhoboka esiqithi. Kumakhoboka, umculo "wawubalulekile ekuzonwabiseni nasekungqungqeni kwaye njengenxalenye yomjikelo wobomi wonxibelelwano kunye nentsingiselo yenkolo." Iimvumi zase-Afrika nazo zadlala umculo kumaqela abucala abanini mhlaba abamhlophe, ngeli lixa amakhoboka azenzela awabo umculo weqela, afikelela kumnyhadala wokuvuna oqale ngo-1688.
Iminyhadala yokuqala yokudanisa izityalo kunye nengoma yokubiza kunye neempendulo ehamba no-Shak-Shak, banjo, amathambo kunye neebhotile ezinamanzi ahlukeneyo.
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