Kalinda

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Kalinda is a stick-fighting dance tradition that began as early as the 1800s in Trinidadian Carnival.

Involved two fighters/dancers, each having an accompanying drummer, and a chantwell singer. The chantwell singer's main purpose was to 'trash talk' the opponent fighter/dancer.

This tradition helped to bring Carnival to the streets.

It is probably related to Maculelê, an Afro-Brazilian stick-fighting dance, historically related (although considerably different in execution) to Capoeira and Samba de roda, as these three art forms evolved together in the Recôncavo Baiano. Maculelê also used to be (and in some still may be) performed with machetes.