Umculo we Barbados kufaka phakathi izitayela zezwe ezehlukile zomculo wesintu nomculo othandwayo, kufaka phakathi izinto zomculo wakudala nowenkolo waseNtshonalanga. Isiko laseBarbados liyingxubevange yezakhi zase-Afrika nezaseBrithani, kanti umculo walesi siqhingi ukhombisa le ngxube ngezinhlobo zezingoma nezitayela, izinsimbi zomculo, imidanso, kanye nemigomo yobuhle.
Amasiko adumile eBarbados afaka ukunyakaza kweLandship, okuyiphathi letiyi elihlekisayo, elingakahleleki, laseBrithani, namabhendi amaningi ezingoma nemidanso yesiko le-tuk.
EBarbados yanamuhla, izitayela ezithandwayo zifaka i-calypso, i-spouge, nezinye izitayela, iningi lazo lingeniswa lisuka eTrinidad naseTobago, e-United States, noma kwenye indawo. IBarbados, kanye neTrinidad, Cuba, Puerto Rico neVirgin Islands, ngesinye sezikhungo ezimbalwa ze-jazz eCaribbean.
IBarbados yisiko lokuvumelanisa, futhi isiko lomculo wasesiqhingini lithathwa njengenhlanganisela yomculo wase-Afrika nowaseBrithani, enezinto ezithile ezihlukile, ezingatholwa emithonjeni yomdabu. Ukungezwani phakathi kwesiko lase-Afrika nelaseBrithani kube yinto ebalulekile emlandweni waseBarbadia, futhi kufaka phakathi ukwenqatshelwa kwemikhuba ethile yemvelaphi yase-Afrika kanye nezimpawu ezimnyama zamasiko aseBrithani.
Isiko nomculo waseBarbadia kuyinhlanganisela yezakhi zaseYurophu nezase-Afrika, ezinethonya elincane elivela kubantu bomdabu bakulesi siqhingi, okungaziwa kangako ngabo. Inani elibalulekile lase-Asia, ikakhulukazi iChina neJapane, abantu bathuthele eBarbados, kepha umculo wabo awukaze ufundwe futhi kube nomthelela omncane emculweni waseBarbados.
Ukubhekiswa kokuqala komculo we-Afro-Barbadian kungavela encazelweni yokuvukela kwezigqila, lapho amavukelambuso agqugquzelwa ukuthi alwe ngomculo wezigubhu zoboya, amagobolondo, amacilongo nezimpondo zezilwane.
Ubugqila baqhubeka, nokho, futhi abaphathi bezigqila zamakholoni kanye neziphathimandla bagcina benqabela izinsimbi zomculo phakathi kwezigqila. Ekupheleni kwekhulu le-17, kwavela isiko elaziwa kakhulu laseBarbados, elizungeze amathonya nezinsimbi zase-Afrika, iBrithani nezinye iziqhingi zaseCaribbean.
Umculo odlalwa ekuqaleni waseBarbadadian, ngaphandle kwemingcele yezomthetho, wawuyingxenye ebalulekile yokuphila phakathi kwezigqila zesiqhingi. Ezigqilazweni, umculo "wawubalulekile ekuzijabuliseni nasekudanseni futhi njengengxenye yomjikelezo wempilo wezokuxhumana nencazelo yenkolo." Abaculi base-Afrika nabo babedlalela amaqembu ezindawo ezimhlophe zabanini bezindawo zabamhlophe, kuyilapho izigqila zazisungulela ezazo umculo weqembu, zagcina ngomkhosi weHarvest Over, owaqala ngo-1688.
Imikhosi yokuqala emikhulu yokudansa kanye nengoma yezingcingo nezimpendulo ephelezelwa nguShak-Shak, ibanjo, amathambo namabhodlela aqukethe inani elingafani lamanzi.
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