Google Doodle Celebrates Celebrating Celebrating Steelpan Today's Doodle honors the steelpan, a percussion instrument constructed of metal that Trinbagonians invented and inspired, as portrayed by Trinidad and Tobago-based artist Nicholas Huggins. Although it was the sole acoustic instrument created in the 20th century, its roots go all the way back to the 1700s. It is still employed in modern music and was a mainstay during Trinidad's yearly harvest festivities, Canboulay and Carnival. The Trinidad All-Steel Pan Percussion Orchestra (TASPO) gave a performance at the Festival of Britain on this date in 1951, popularising the steelpan and a brand-new musical style. When colonialists brought enslaved Africans to Trinidad in the 1700s, they carried their African history and rhythmic drumming practices with them. When slavery was abolished between 1834 and 1838, Trinidadians celebrated Carnival with their drums. However, in 1877, government officials prohibited their drumming becau...
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