Tinn Tout

Daniel Varo has been promoting the traditional music of the Réunion island, a French territory in the Indian Ocean, for many years. This year, Daniel released his eighth album with an allegory on the cover: trying to understand the human soul is like trying to empty the ocean with a bucket. On Réunion, cultural traditions of the French, Africans, Indians, Pakistanis, Chinese, and Malagasy have blended. Walking around the island, you can find both an Orthodox church and a Hindu temple. All this diversity has influenced the island's music. One of the two main styles of the island, which Daniel performs, is called maloya. Primarily percussion music of this style is accompanied by singing in Creole, derived from French. Maloya originates from the music of African and Malagasy slaves, as well as Indian indentured laborers on the island. For a long time, this style was illegal at the state level.

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