Creolization in the Dutch-speaking Caribbean
Hey guys! Welcome back to another episode of "My Music Blog" with Ches, your favorite blogger. So far we discussed creolization of the English and French speaking Caribbean countries so today we will talk about the Dutch-speaking ones. Honestly, I didn't even know we had Dutch-speaking Caribbean countries, I just knew of the English, Spanish and French speaking ones. But now that I'm all caught up, we will look at two of these countries and how they are creolized in some way. The two countries I chose are Sint Maarten and Aruba. According to Tour De Force, Sint Maarten has a national dance called "Ponum" or "Panam". It is a rhythmic and energetic dance emerged from celebrations of freedom of slaves. It was said that the ponum was danced under a poinciana tree with dancers waving its branches. This dance is a good example of creolization. I say this because it was performed by the enslaved and the book mentioned slaves being brought from Africa to