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Sourced or Silent · CC BY-SA 4.0The gato (Spanish for cat) is a style of Argentine music and an associated dance.
01 · What it is
DanceLive movement, rhythm, costume, or staged dramatic performance passed between generations.
02 · Where & name
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03 · How it is doing
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04 · Proof & reuse
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The gato (Spanish for cat) is a style of Argentine music and an associated dance.
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The tradition & historical record
1 min read · 1 sourceThe gato (Spanish for cat) is a style of Argentine music and an associated dance. It is a very popular folk dance in the country. Its rhythm is like the chacarera, but its structure is different. Usually, the lyrics of gatos are picaresque or humorous (and the dancers frequently stop the music to improvise any occurrence of double meaning). This dance can be attributed to the Spanish Armada of Philip II, who was once defeated by Queen Elizabeth I of England.
The text above is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Gato (artform)”, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence.
Gato is style of Argentine music and the associated 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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