Dance

Ch'unchu

United States of America

Ch'unchu is a folk dance in Peru. It is performed on festivals of the Cusco Region like Mamacha Carmen in Paucartambo and Quyllur Rit'i. Varieties include q'ara ch'unchu, qhapaq ch'unchu and wayri ch'unchu.

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Ch'unchu is a folk dance in Peru.

01 · What it is
Dance

Live movement, rhythm, costume, or staged dramatic performance passed between generations.

02 · Where & name
United States of America

Placed on record in United States of America.

03 · How it is doing
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04 · Proof & reuse
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What is Ch'unchu in plain words?

Ch'unchu is a folk dance in Peru.

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Sources on this page place Ch'unchu in United States of America.

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Ch'unchu is a folk dance in Peru. It is performed on festivals of the Cusco Region like Mamacha Carmen in Paucartambo and Quyllur Rit'i. Varieties include q'ara ch'unchu, qhapaq ch'unchu and wayri ch'unchu. Its name comes from a derogatory Quechua word (also used in Aymara) for native inhabitants of the Amazon rainforest.

The text above is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Ch'unchu (dance)”, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence.

Ch'unchu is type of dance, according to the structured record cited below. This entry was generated automatically from that record and has not yet been reviewed by a person familiar with the tradition. 1

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