Calypso tents, where calypsonians perform during the Carnival season, were hugely popular for their "extempo wars", live contests in which singers would improvise lyrics on the spot mocking each other, or on a specific theme.
Yan rukunin Calypso, a inda mawaƙan Calypso suka yi wasa a lokacin bikin, sun fi shahara saboda "zafin yaƙin" su, wanda ake yi kai tsaye a inda mawaƙi zai ƙirƙiri baituka yana suna yi tsokanar juna, ko kuma a kan wani jigo na musamman.