When Hindus from India came to Caribbean countries like Trinidad, Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Martinique and Guadeloupe in the 19th and early 20th centuries, they brought with them many songs and chants relating to important ceremonies. This book is a unique collection of some of those songs relating to eventgs like the matikor (asking blessings a day or two before the wedding), the vivah sanskar (Hindu wedding), the barahi (birth of a child), and the first cutting of the child's hair. They come from the memory and reportoire of Chano "Auntie" Kunjoo, the most prominent of the singers of...