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Culture,
Arts and Traditions in Peru
Peruvian Dances : Huayno
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Held to be the most representative dance of the Andes. Its pre-Colombian
origins blended early on with Western influences, spreading
into dozens of regional variations.
Its musical structure stems from a pentatonic scale with a
binary rhythm, a structural characteristic which has made
this genre the basis of a series of hybrid rhythms, running
from huayno to Andean rock.
The dance is performed by couples who perform turns and movements
featuring hops and a tap-like zapateo to mark time. Instruments
used to accompany the huayno include the quena, charango,
harp and violin.
Some variations of the huayno involve marching bands which
have added trumpets, saxophones and accordions. At the same
time, although they are different genres, in popular thinking,
huayno is closer to the marinera than it appears, judging
by this refrain from a marinera serrana: "There's no
marinera without huayno / nor huayno without marinera / little
Indian girl in the green skirt / the third part of this song
is for you".
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