Calinda (Kalinda) is martial art, as well as kind of folk music and
dance in the Caribbean which arose in the
1720s. Calinda is the French spelling, and the Spanish equivalent is calenda; it is 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, it's roots are still that of a martial art originating from
Africa, and stick fights still occur in the remoter parts of Trinidad. Kalenda 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.
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