Question

Amidst the hard and ill-treated working conditions, people from different cultures collaborated in the Caribbean Islands. Select the correct options from the following:

• A. Imam Husayn celebrated Muharram as a carnival.
• B. Cultural fusion led to popular genre, Chutney music.
• C. The workers went on vacation together.
• D. The workers never got time for all this.

Answer 1

Answer: (A), (B)

The correct options are
A Imam Husayn celebrated Muharram as a carnival.
B Cultural fusion led to popular genre, Chutney music.

In the Caribbean, different cultural forms, both old and new, came together. The annual Muharram procession in Trinidad transformed into a riotous carnival called ‘Hosay’, named after Imam Husayn. In Trinidad and Guyana, a popular genre of music called ‘Chutney Music’ is a product of the creative expression of descendants of indentured labourers.