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Wari

HuaridanzaPeru

Wari (hispanicized spelling Huari) is a traditional dance of the Ancash Region in Peru. The dancers are accompanied by musicians who play the tinya and the small pinkuyllu.

Right side view of a ceramic double spout and bridge bottle from the Wari culture. Collected on the south coast of Peru. Dated to 600-900 BCE.
Left side view of a ceramic double spout and bridge bottle from the Wari culture. Collected on the south coast of Peru. Dated to 600-900 BCE.
Cerámica de volador Wari con bolo de coca. Foto tomada en el museo de sitio Willkawain, en el distrito de Independencia, provincia de Huaraz, región Áncash, Perú
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Wari (hispanicized spelling Huari) is a traditional dance of the Ancash Region in Peru.

01 · What it is
Dance

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

02 · Where & name
Peru

Written in its own script on record as Huaridanza.

03 · How it is doing
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Documented in open cultural records, but no cited field assessment of its current vitality has been added here yet.

04 · Proof & reuse
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What is Wari in plain words?

Wari (hispanicized spelling Huari) is a traditional dance of the Ancash Region in Peru. In local script on record, it is written Huaridanza.

Where is Wari practised or documented?

Sources on this page place Wari in Peru.

What is the current condition of Wari today?

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Wari (hispanicized spelling Huari) is a traditional dance of the Ancash Region in Peru. The dancers are accompanied by musicians who play the tinya and the small pinkuyllu.

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

Wari 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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