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Bayila is a form of dance music popular in Srilanka and in India its popular in Mangalore and Goa especially with Konkani speaking Christians. The genre originated centuries ago among the ‘kaffir’ or Afro-Sinhalese communities (mixed communities of Portuguese African and native Sinhalese people). It primarily utilises European instruments and rhythms found in Spain/Portugal Sri Lanka Africa and South India.

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