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Thread #97282   Message #1911796
Posted By: Azizi
17-Dec-06 - 11:18 AM
Thread Name: Holidays & Other Special Days Customs
Subject: RE: Holidays & Other Special Days Customs
Here's a link to a YouTube video clip on a band playing and singing parang, and couples doing different dances to the music:

Parang in Maracas, St. Joseph
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fogo2QD0YTo

Added December 11, 2006; From ayinde123

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Here's an excerpt that explains the referent "Maracas-Saint Joseph"

"Maracas-Saint Joseph is a colloquial name used in Trinidad and Tobago to distinguish the Maracas Valley above the town of Saint Joseph from Maracas Beach. Maracas-Saint Joseph is one of the large valleys on the southern side of the Northern Range, while Maracas Beach lies on the opposite side of the mountains".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maracas-Saint_Joseph