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Morenadas
(morenadas Selection) - Palapa (JL Gamboa) and Moreno de los Sapos (G. Vargas) - Arr. E. Civallero

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Rhythm based on a dance of African origin. The parody morenada step, the attitude and the image of former African slaves brought to Bolivia during the colonial era. It is a very common dance-and-popular Carnival in this Andean country, especially during the Entry of Christ's Great Power in La Paz, where tens meet of extras. The rhythm of the rattle and the whistle, the panpipes of pusamorenos troop outline on guitar and charango two morenadas : first, in northern Chile, with a significant degree of difficulty interpretation, and second, Bolivia, with all the traditional taste of its own style.
should be noted that the use of rattle and whistle are in origin in order to make changes in training and in the steps of the dancers. The music, presented here as a whole in itself, was not just a dance accompaniment. Today, rattle and whistle are "traits characteristic "of all morenada , but few remember that its meaning has to do with the dance associated with these issues.

Both morenada as other dances ( foremen, Doctorcitos , etc.) Are often called "rebels dances" by some scholars of Andean folklore. Either way, they were expressions which, in turn, served to rebel against fate suffered by its architects. The Indians laughed, dressing and contoured, colonial lawyers, of the conquerors, their wives and their games. Parodied African slaves also their supervisors or foremen " and gave vent to his feelings in skirts and morenadas , feelings which, incidentally, were forbidden under strict colonial laws as "lewd."

Today, the groups of morenadas the Bolivian Carnival is the most spectacular of all the Andes. Men and women dress up in clothes embroidered with gold thread and silver ornaments worth several salaries. All this for participating in a parade that lasts only a few hours in which they will enjoy as never before. Perhaps the rebellious spirit of the dance still remains, although its present farmers do not know. May have taken the form of a rebellion against poverty and poor living conditions, to "forget" once a year, after twelve months of privation and saving.

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"The Morenada Dancers."