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It is one name
assigned to an Afro-Caribbean form of stick fighting as practiced in Haiti
and entering the United States through the port city of New Orleans. It is
also practiced in other parts of the Caribbean, such as Martinique.
Calinda is also a kind of stick-fighting dance tradition commonly seen
practiced during Carnival in Trinidad and Tobago.
Though it is more commonly practiced as a dance because of the violent
outcome of stick fighting, its roots are still that of a martial art
originating from Africa, and stick fights still occur in the remoter parts
of Trinidad. |
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