Artist: Janiro Eisden (Basic-One)
Title: Papa Noël
Translation: Father Christmas
Language: Papiamento (from Aruba)
Lyrics: The lyrics are on the video
This song is ridiculously catchy, and you’ll be singing it all day! The band are from Oranjestad in Aruba, and there is more information about them here: https://www.discogs.com/artist/4615105-Basic-One-3?anv=Basic+1%E2%80%A2One.
The band very kindly answered my query as to what language this is, and you can follow them on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/pg/Basic-One-The-Legend-Ataniro-154273082807/posts/?ref=page_internal
As someone who enjoys learning about different languages, Papiamento is fascinating. When I first heard this song the lyrics reminded me a little of Brazilian songs, so I was hearing Portuguese-sounding words, but it has influences from a number of other languages too, and the people of Aruba have their own dialect. While it is so interesting to find languages that are made up of a combination of other languages, it is important to bear in mind how those languages became combined in the first place (e.g. the consequences of slavery, foreign dominion, trading…). Find out more here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papiamento
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