Ziskakan is a

maloya Maloya is one of the two major music genres of Réunion, usually sung in Réunion Creole, and traditionally accompanied by percussion and a musical bow. Maloya is a new form that has origins in the music of African and Malagasy slaves and Indian ...

group from

Réunion Réunion (; ; ; known as before 1848) is an island in the Indian Ocean that is an overseas departments and regions of France, overseas department and region of France. Part of the Mascarene Islands, it is located approximately east of the isl ...

. The frontman is Gilbert Pounia. They are one of the most famous bands from the island. The band formed in 1979. Their style includes adding modern techniques to traditional maloya (called electric maloya), as well as adding Indian instruments. Some of their lyrics are from early poems by

Dev Virahsawmy Dev Virahsawmy (16 March 1942 – 7 November 2023) was a Mauritian politician, playwright, poet and advocate of the Mauritian Creole language. Though he wrote easily in both French and English, Virahsawmy was most renowned for his efforts to po ...

, including many of the poems from Les Lapo Kabri Gazuyé.

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Biography at RFIProfile on Facebook
Réunion musical groups Musical groups established in 1979 {{Réunion-stub