Borrowing and reinterpreting different musical cultures, an integral part of the creative process, is a characteristic of creole cultures; thus was the term creolization born. Transforming original elements and substituting others, changing their function, attempting to retain ancestral customs, borrowing some expressions while denouncing others, reinterpreting and recreating certain musical genres—all these processes serve as reminders of how deeply Martinique is anchored in a creole identity.
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