Wedding Party

Thursday night is wedding time. I happened to catch these guys after walking home from a restaurant. The music was strong. It sounded like some African stuff I've heard because of the time signatures, the conversation between the different tones of the drums, and the call-and-response style of singing. It was nothing like any other Arab music I've ever heard. It shows how closely Africa and the Arabian Peninsula are connected. But the drums they're playing are Indian style. The area where this picture was taken was developed by British colonialists to house their Indian servants. Apparently it wasn't only bread, sweets, and curry the Indians left behind.