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ANOTHER NAME FOR STICK FIGHTING
The kalenda (calinda) a stick  dance, owed its origins to pre-colonial times, as early as the late 1700's. The term Kalenda emerged as a general term for the stick-fight, the dance, the songs and other performances that accompany it.

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STICK FIGHTING COSTUMES DESCRIBED
Early stick fighting costumes were akin the Princely Pierrot in some ways, which lends further confusion to the differentiation between the two roles, as also Pierrots are known to be openly combative when facing other Pierrots.  Stick fighters in the 1800s have been cited as wearing a heart or diamond shaped breast cloth reffered to as a “fold” which was often beeded as well and covered with shining baubles, glass, etc.  Often constructed by loved ones, this central area was of particular connection to honor, and if shattered, it was a demoralizing blow to the assailed fighter.

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STICK FIGHTER NAMES
1. Creole Wood
2.Bataille Bois

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THE STICK FIGHTING AREA IS CALLED
gayelle

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WHAT IS A CHANTWELLE ?
It is a type of folk music and they do a war dance  which arose in the 1720s.It was brought to the carribbean from the Africans. In the transatlantic slave trade and are based on native African Combat Dances.

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BRIEF HISTORY ON STICK FIGHTING
Stickfighting is an old African tradition brought to Trinidad by the slaves during the latter part of the 17th century. Stickfighting was a ritual dance dating back to the days of slavery when men would duel with sticks (bois) in the centre of rings or gayelles, hence the word boismen or stickfighters.

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ONE WAY THE STICK FIGHTERS PREPARE THERE STICKS AND HOW LONG THE POUI STICK IS.
The stick must be 1 inch in diameter and four feet long.
They put there stick in  roted banana tree for 7 days and then put it in a mayour heep for 14 days

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SOME OF THE STICK FIGHTING RULES
1. when you buss the person head fight done.
2.No choking
3.No double shots
4.If a person fall down no hiting

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FOUR LINES OF A STICK FIGHTING SONG
Tell yuh muddah doh cry, tell yuh sister doh cry, tell yuh children doh cry. If yuh loss yuh teeth, real bois man doh cry. If yuh die yuh die, real bois man doh cry.”

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MUSICAL INSTRUMENT MAINLY USED IN STICK FIGHTING IS
African Drums

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STAGE AREAS AND BODY POSITIONS

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ELEMENTS OF DANCE

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ELEMENTS OF DANCE

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WRING
PRESS
FLICK
DAB
GLUIDE
FLOAT
PUNCH
SLASH

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Direction
Weight
Speed
Flow