Editing Guadeloupe (section)

=== Music ===
{{Main|Music of Guadeloupe}}
Music and dance are also very popular, and the interaction of African, French and Indian cultures<ref>Sahai, Sharad (1998). [http://www.hinduismtoday.com/archives/1998/2/1998-2-12.shtml Guadeloupe Lights Up: French-lettered Indians in a remote corner of the Caribbean reclaim their Hindu identity] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090301053357/http://hinduismtoday.com/archives/1998/2/1998-2-12.shtml |date=1 March 2009 }}. ''Hinduism Today'', Digital Edition, February 1998.</ref> has given birth to some original new forms specific to the archipelago, most notably [[Zouk (musical movement)|zouk]] music.<ref name="nytimes">{{cite news |last=Pareles |first=Jon |year=1988 |title=Zouk, a Distinctive, Infectious Dance Music |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/05/29/arts/recordings-zouk-a-distinctive-infectious-dance-music.html |work=The New York Times |location=New York |access-date=11 June 2018 |archive-date=12 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612194500/https://www.nytimes.com/1988/05/29/arts/recordings-zouk-a-distinctive-infectious-dance-music.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Since the 1970s, Guadeloupean music has increasingly claimed the local language, Guadeloupean Creole as the preferred language of popular music. Islanders enjoy many local dance styles including [[Zouk (musical movement)|zouk]], [[zouk-love]], [[compas]], as well as the modern international genres such as hip hop, etc.

Traditional Guadeloupean music includes [[biguine]], [[Cadence rampa|kadans]], [[cadence-lypso]], and [[gwo ka]]. Popular music artists and bands such as [[Experience 7]], [[Francky Vincent]], [[Kassav']] (which included Patrick St-Eloi, and Gilles Floro) embody the more traditional music styles of the island, whilst other musical artists such as the punk band The Bolokos<ref>https://www.rci.fm/guadeloupe/infos/Culture/Bolokos-veritable-succes-pour-les-guadeloupeens-au-festival-anglais-Rebellion</ref> or Tom Frager focus on more international genres such as rock or [[reggae]]. Many international festivals take place in Guadeloupe, such as the Creole Blues Festival on [[Marie-Galante]].{{citation needed|date=July 2019}} All the Euro-French forms of art are also ubiquitous, enriched by other communities from Brazil, [[Dominican Republic]], [[Haiti]], India, [[Lebanon]], [[Syria]] who have migrated to the islands.

Classical music has seen a resurgent interest in Guadeloupe. One of the first known composers of African origin was born in Guadeloupe, [[Chevalier de Saint-Georges|Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges]], a contemporary of [[Joseph Haydn]] and [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]], and a celebrated figure in Guadeloupe. Several monuments and cites are dedicated to Saint-Georges in Guadeloupe, and there is an annual music festival, [[Saint-Georges International Music Festival|Festival International de Musique Saint-Georges]], dedicated in his honour.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://saintgeorgesfestival.com/fr/ |title=Site officiel de l'association du Festival international de musique Saint-Georges |website=saintgeorgesfestival.com |access-date=1 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190830225328/http://saintgeorgesfestival.com/fr/ |archive-date=30 August 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The festival attracts classical musicians from all over the world and is one of the largest classical music festivals in the Caribbean.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://arttimesjournal.com/music/april_29_19_mark_laiosa/saint_georges_international_music_festival.html |title=The Saint-Georges International Music Festival, Guadeloupe, French West Indies by Mark Laiosa |website=arttimesjournal.com |access-date=1 September 2019 |archive-date=31 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190831220332/https://arttimesjournal.com/music/april_29_19_mark_laiosa/saint_georges_international_music_festival.html |url-status=live}}</ref>[[File:Carnaval de Saint-Fran%C3%A7ois 2013 01.JPG|thumb|Carnival of Guadeloupe]]Another element of Guadeloupean culture is its dress. A few women (particularly of the older generation) wear a unique style of traditional dress, with many layers of colourful fabric, now only worn on special occasions.{{citation needed|date=July 2019}} On festive occasions they also wore a madras (originally a "kerchief" from South India) headscarf tied in many different symbolic ways, each with a different name. The headdress could be tied in the "bat" style, or the "firefighter" style, as well as the "Guadeloupean woman".{{citation needed|date=July 2019}} Jewellery, mainly gold, is also important in the Guadeloupean lady's dress, a product of European, African and Indian inspiration.{{citation needed|date=July 2019}}