HISTORY
OF PARANG Sharlene Flores with
Flores de San Jose Parang, a traditional
music artform, came from South America, through primarily Venezuela from there
were heavy influences on Trinidad culture. Parang music are songs of Spanish lyrics
with Venezuela rhythms. These songs traditionally sing the praises of the birth
of Jesus Christ and are sung nationally during the Christmas season. Today's parang
is very different from the traditional sound of the past. Flores de San Jose has
incorporated the parang with calypso (parang soca), latin, merengue, and zouk
to create its own new and unique sound with a greater Caribbean feel. But manu
of the traditional parang instruments, (the cuatro, mandolin, maracus, scratcher),
are still being used together with the modern instruments. Roger
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