calinda
(kəˈlɪndə)
[American Sp.]
An American Negro dance, found in Latin America and the southern United States.
| 1763 tr. Le Page du Pratz's Hist. Louisiana I. iv. iv. 271 Under pretence of Calinda or the dance, they [sc. the Negroes] sometimes get together to the number of three or four hundred. 1880 G. W. Cable Grandissimes 121 There our lately met marchande..led the ancient Calinda dance. 1958 P. Oliver in P. Gammond Decca Bk. Jazz i. 22 Dances such as the bamboula and the calinda, which are still to be found in the West Indies. |