History of music in Aruba

The music of Aruba, the former Netherlands Antilles is a mixture of different native with Africa and European elements and it is closely connected with fashion from the neighbouring countries which include Venezuela, Colombia and Island like Puerto Rico, Cuba, Santo Domingo, Haiti, Martinique, Trinidad, Dominica and Guadeloupe. The former Netherland Antilles of Curaco and Aruba which are also known for their typical waltzes, Danzas, Mazurkas and have different kind of music called Tumba, which is named after the Conga drums.

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The rest of the islands are much smaller than Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaco. They include: Sint Eustatius, Sint Maarten and Saba. The Sint Eustatius is the smallest in term of nightlife, with only a nightclub (the Zouk Largo Height Disco) in 1996. The population, Statians, hold rehearse street dances known as the Road blocks, which they used booming car stereos. Saba also has a number of dances at different restaurants, including a wide variety of hip hop, disco, soca, kompa, zouk, bouyon, reggae and merengue. Sint Maarten has a rich carnival culture featuring music and dance, which is held in mid –April and ending in the traditional burning of king Moui-Moui, as well as a number of nightclubs and casinos featuring music in a popular spots where the locals go and dance which include the Boo Boo Jam and Lago Hight both is situated on the Northern (French) part of Sint Maarten. The most recent casino band is the King Bo-Bo and is known as the King of Calypso.