The joropo, better known as Música Llanera, is a musical style resembling the fandango, and an accompanying dance. It originated in the Llanos of Venezuela...
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Music of Venezuela (section Joropo)
Perhaps the most typical Venezuelan music is joropo, a rural form which originated in the llanos, or plains. Joropo was developed by creative artists such as...
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Chaetostoma joropo is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Cusiana River basin in the...
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Eastern Joropo (Spanish: Joropo Oriental), is a variant of joropo present in Venezuela's Caribbean coast and Margarita Island. The joropo oriental musical...
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celebrates the different aspects of the Manzanares River of Cumaná, Venezuela; joropo: similar in style to the Spanish waltz; galerón; picón; despedida: a song...
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four-stringed guitar) and maracas. Important rhythms of this region are the joropo (a fast rhythm and there is also tapping as a result of its flamenco ancestry)...
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known as "aguinaldos"; in Venezuela, the traditional music is known as joropo. In Christianity, the giving of gifts during Christmastide is traced to...
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Dance in Venezuela (section Joropo)
European stylings into indigenous culture. They include the national dance Joropo, Venezuelan Salsa, the Venezuelan merengue and the Baile de San Juan, also...
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the Bari and Simadan. Imported polka, carioca, rumba, merengue, danza, joropo, jazz waltz and mazurka are also popular. The Baile di Sinta is a popular...
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singer-songwriter who worked primarily in the style of Cumbia. He started out singing Joropo in a group with his brothers, but didn't gain more widespread notoriety...
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Music of Colombia (section Joropo)
from the Llanos popular throughout Colombia. It includes the traditional joropo musical style, and is known for verbal contests called contrapunteo. Artists...
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arpa tuyera (al estilo del joropo tuyero) [Tuyan harp (in the style of a Tuyan joropo)] […] a particular kind of joropo […] called golpe tuyero. of the...
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genre, generally performed during Christmas. The national dance is the joropo. Venezuela has always been a melting pot of cultures and this can be seen...
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¡Cimarrón! Joropo Music from the Plains of Colombia is the second studio album by Colombian band Cimarron. The album won the Independent Music Award in...
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seven frets and four gut strings and played with a pick in the music of Joropo llanero, many bandolas being made nowadays can have up to 21 frets, with...
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Colombia and Ecuador, samba, bossa nova and música sertaneja from Brazil, joropo from Venezuela and tango from Argentina and Uruguay. Also well known is...
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showdown Colombian Caribbean folklore and Vallenato. As in the contrapunteo Joropo burrowing, or trova paisa within the music, litigants demonstrate their...
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saddling, and rein handling. International Joropo Tournament (Villavicencio): The International Joropo Tournament is the most important cultural and...
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and across Latin America. One of his most popular compositions is the Joropo, a piano take on Venezuela's folkloric music. He died in 1979. Moleiro had...
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as Ana Veydó, is a Colombian joropo singer. She is the lead singer of Cimarron. Ana Veydó began her solo career in joropo music festivals in Colombia....
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"Alma Llanera" ("Soul of the Plains") is a Venezuelan song, a joropo, created by Venezuelan musicians Pedro Elías Gutiérrez (composer) and Rafael Bolívar...
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Blanco created a new Venezuelan music style ‒ a fusion of Cuban music and joropo ‒ called "the orquídea" in honor of the Venezuelan national flower. In the...
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album and single by country rock band Poco Cimarrón (band), a Colombian joropo music and dance group Cimarron, Colorado, an unincorporated community Cimarron...
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partner dances, and other national dances—merengue, cueca, plena, jarabe, joropo, marinera, cumbia, bachata and others—are important components of their...
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Western swing (Texas Swing, Country Swing, Aggie Swing) Whip Virginia Reel Joropo Tambor Lion dance Hornpipe North Yemen: Bara'a dance South Yemen: Sharh...
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"El curruchá" is a well-known Venezuelan folk song in the joropo tradition, composed by Juan Bautista Plaza with lyrics by Vicente Emilio Sojo. After its...
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Spanish Uruguayan Venezuelan Traditional folk Chacarera Gaita zuliana Gato Joropo Mexican Son huasteco jalisciense jarocho Tonada Zamacueca Cueca Marinera...
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Spanish Uruguayan Venezuelan Traditional folk Chacarera Gaita zuliana Gato Joropo Mexican Son huasteco jalisciense jarocho Tonada Zamacueca Cueca Marinera...
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Band performed the song with a Latin jazz arrangement using the Venezuelan joropo rhythm, recorded live in 2017, and released the following year on the Grammy-nominated...
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