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    The joropo, better known as Música Llanera, is a musical style resembling the fandango, and an accompanying dance. It originated in the Llanos of Colombia...
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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • Cimarrón is a Colombian musical group of festive dance music joropo from the plains of the Orinoco River. This Grammy-nominated band makes Latin music...
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  • "Ay Mi Llanura" is a Colombian song in the joropo genre written and performed by Arnulfo Briceño. The song pays tribute to the majesty of the plains of...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    Guárico (section Joropo)
    represent donkey and rider at the same time. She dances to the beat of a joropo, does pirouettes, brays and does all the things typical of the donkey 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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    "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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    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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  • 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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    "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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    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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  • 1985), was a Venezuelan singer and composer, known as a pioneer in the joropo genre. He wrote many popular songs, including "El Gavilán", "Tierra Negra"...
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  • Orinoco es is the third studio album by Colombian joropo band Cimarrón, released on May 17, 2019. Orinoco was nominated for Best Folk Album at the 2019...
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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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    singer-songwriter Collegium Musicum de Caracas, classical music group Vidal Colmenares, joropo singer Sylvia Constantinidis, Venezuelan-born American classical pianist...
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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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    to the 19th century; such as the Cuban son, the Venezuelan and Colombian joropo and the Chilean cueca. Lyrics include humorous verses and subjects such...
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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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  • Spanish Uruguayan Venezuelan Traditional folk Chacarera Gaita zuliana Gato Joropo Mexican Son huasteco jalisciense jarocho Tonada Zamacueca Cueca Marinera...
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