Waka waka

Waka Waka or Waka Thuqhuri Tinti Waka is an urban popular dance from Bolivia. Its autochthonous origin is found in the Municipality of Umala, Province of Aroma, Department of La Paz. There are other variants, such as the native of Waka Tinti originally from the community of Cairiri, the municipality of Umala, the Province of Aroma de La Paz, Tinti Caballo and the native of Waka Tinki originally from the Paxsiamaya region, Prov. Los Andes of the Department of La Paz. What differentiates the urban version of its rural variants is not only music and clothing, but also the choreographic content of dance. The women who participate in this dance usually wear dozens of skirts on their hips. In spite of this, they move their waists from side to side to the rhythm of the music and the sound of the bells that hang from the neck of the bulls that the men carry. As characters are the milkmaids or guides and the k'aisillas that are the pastoral girls. The kusillos are young dancers who go from one place to another jumping and making people happy.¶

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Waka waka is folk dance of Peru and Bolivia, 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¶