According to the book Calypso Calaloo, the name calypso can refer to “any song that after about 1898 was sung at Carnival time in Trinidad, either in the streets by revelers or in staged performances by semiprofessional and professional singers. ”
कलीप्सो हा संगीतप्रकार, आफ्रिकन गुलामांनी त्रिनिदादला आणलेल्या ऐतिहासिक आफ्रिकन कथाकथन परंपरेतून जन्मास आला असण्याची शक्यता आहे.