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zouknoun
A style of dance music originating in the French Antilles, which combines Latin American, African and Western disco rhythms.
zoukverb
to dance the zouk
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Zouk
Zouk is a musical movement pioneered by the French Antillean band Kassav' in the early 1980s. It was originally characterized by a fast tempo (120–145 bpm), a percussion-driven rhythm and a loud horn section. The fast zouk béton of Martinique and Guadeloupe faded away during the 1980s. Musicians from Martinique and Guadeloupe added MIDI instrumentation to their compas style, which developed into zouk-love. Zouk-love is effectively the French Lesser Antilles' compas. Zouk gradually became indistinguishable from the genre known as compas. This light compas influenced the Cape-Verdean new generation.
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Zouk
Zouk or Zouk béton is a fast tempo carnival style of music originating from the Caribbean islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique. It is a rhythmic style that was introduced in the 80s by the group Kassav’ and that was inspired by a famous music style in Dominica, cadence-lypso music. Zouk means festival, well-named because it uses carnival rhythms and contains West African influences. Zouk arose in the early to mid-1980s from kadans. Elements of gwo ka, tambour, ti bwa and biguine vidé are prominent in zouk. The French Creole tongue of Martinique and Guadeloupe is an important element, and are a distinctive part of the music. In Africa, it gained popularity in francophone and lusophone countries. In Europe, it was particularly popular in France and in North America in the Canadian province of Quebec.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of zouk in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of zouk in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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