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paranda¹
noun parandas
- A decoration for a braid tassel. This woman's hair-braid ornament variously called paranda, phundri, chotiu, or balchoti is used all over India.
paranda²
Where it comes from
Spanish parranda (“merry-making or a group of serenaders”).
noun
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A style of acoustic Garifuna music that is influenced by Spanish music, and which consists primarily of ballads.
Punta rock songs are usually composed by men and are most often based on the rhythm and/or text of existing punta and paranda songs. Paranda songs are Spanish-influenced songs composed and performed by men, with a duple-meter rhythm very similar to that of punta.
Similar: parang
Paranda³
proper noun
- A city in Maharashtra.
- A style of Garifuna music.
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