Thursday, April 4, 2013

Dance

The country of Chile has two energetic, opposing cultures: the cosmopolitan culture and the popular culture of the peasants, is mainly Spanish but contains traces of Araucanian heritage. The culture of peasants is greatly influenced in their music and dance.

The refalosa originated from Peru. The dance, cuando came from Spain, while the rhythms of the peasant dance guaracha are the legacy of Colombian and Cuban dance. The corrido is typically Mexican.




Chile XR3A National Dance

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