View source for Music of Pomeroon–Essequibo and Pakuri Lokono networks

== Summary ==

Lokono community song and cali-mari have explicit routes around the Pomeroon and Essequibo, with a separate Pakuri connection. Wider Guyanese listening remains part of the mixture.<ref>[https://guyanachronicle.com/2017/07/02/music-through-the-ages/ Music through the ages: Neville Calistro and cali-mari].</ref>

== Contemporary and trending ==

This route brings together [[Lokono song, mari-mari and cali-mari]]; [[Guyanese folk song]]; [[Guyanese reggae and dancehall]]; [[Soca]]; [[Calypso]]; [[Chutney soca]]. Contemporary recordings and continuing local practices are heard together; neither heritage repertoire nor metropolitan pop is treated as the whole musical life of the region.

== History ==

Kabakaburi and neighboring communities are important in the documented history of Neville Calistro’s mari-mari and cali-mari work.<ref>[https://carib-export.com/en/blog/sharing-guyanas-folk-music-heritage-gavin-menonca-kross-kolor-records Caribbean Export: Gavin Mendonca and Kross Kolor Records].</ref>

== Genres ==

[[Lokono song, mari-mari and cali-mari]]; [[Guyanese folk song]]; [[Guyanese reggae and dancehall]]; [[Soca]]; [[Calypso]]; [[Chutney soca]]. The linked articles distinguish forms, languages and adopted listening.

== Artists ==

Mighty Chief/Neville Calistro, Phillip Calistro and Kabakaburi Indigenous Dance Band anchor the community route.

== Boundary definition and research ==

The footprint follows the named networks above, using the existing land outline and approximate corridors where communities connect across a river or coast. Overlapping regions allow shared listening and more local repertoire to coexist. The shape does not imply an abrupt change of musical taste or define community land rights.

== Footnotes ==

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