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.

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.

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.