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Sourced or Silent · CC BY-SA 4.0The Zamacueca is an ancient colonial dance and music that originated in the Viceroyalty of Peru, taking its roots from Spanish, and Andean rhythms.
01 · What it is
MusicVocal, percussive, or instrumental sound tradition carried by community performers.
02 · Where & name
PeruPlaced on record in Peru.
03 · How it is doing
□□□□ (Not yet assessed)Documented in open cultural records, but no cited field assessment of its current vitality has been added here yet.
04 · Proof & reuse
1 cited sourceEvery claim links to a public record below. Free to quote, teach, and share under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What is zamacueca in plain words?
The Zamacueca is an ancient colonial dance and music that originated in the Viceroyalty of Peru, taking its roots from Spanish, and Andean rhythms.
Where is zamacueca practised or documented?
Sources on this page place zamacueca in Peru.
What is the current condition of zamacueca today?
□□□□ (Not yet assessed): Documented in open cultural records, but no cited field assessment of its current vitality has been added here yet.
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The tradition & historical record
1 min read · 1 sourceThe Zamacueca is an ancient colonial dance and music that originated in the Viceroyalty of Peru, taking its roots from Spanish, and Andean rhythms. It is known as a celebratory dance of independence as South America was liberating itself from Spanish rule. It is one of the earliest popular dances of coastal Peru and a direct predecessor of the marinera.
The text above is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Zamacueca”, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence.
zamacueca is music genre and 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
The source record links this tradition to 9 external registers, which can be verified through the citation. 1
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