MY MUSIC AND DANCE!!!!!

Colombian Dances are part of the richness of the Colombian and Latin American folklore. Are as varied and as diverse backgrounds who come to distinguish each of the geographical regions of Colombia, Colombian culture becoming one of the richest in the world.  

 Moreover Folklore is the epitome of all manifestations of popular culture and therefore includes legends, stories, dances, traditions, music and many different artistic expressions.

 Without the music instruments this could not be possible to bring to life and created all these rhythms, and enjoy sounds happened.  Colombia music is presence in the different zones in varied forms give a historical and cultural richness, originating the variety of instruments such as the accordion, maracas, guacharaca, tambor, organo, arpa, and guitarra

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 The Colombian Cumbia dance is the archetype of Atlantic coastal music and symbolizes Colombian music for the rest of the world. It was created by the mixing of native melodies and African rhythms. It is played with Caribbean coast gaitas drums, maracas and guacharaca. Moreover mapale an African origin dance chiefly on to the Atlantic coast of Colombian and on the banks of the Magdalena River. Mapale with its fast rhythm and constant clapping, it has a marked playful quality. 

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Fandango also is a dance left as a descendant to Joropo, dancing well known in the eastern plains. Joropo music is a fast rhythm that predominates on the Eastern plains and it is accompanied by singing and corridos.  Nevertheless joropo is performed with cuatro, harp and capachos.

          

  In Colombia now at days a well known popular rhythms is the Vallenato, which is originated from the Caribbean coast and its name comes from "Valledupar" (Valley of Upar) the place of its birth. Furthermore it is played with accordion, drum and guacharaca, this kind of music consists of 4 basic rhythms paseo, son , merengue and puya. Paseo is divided into two rhythms slow is romantic and fast is rarely, from time to time it can be confused with the merengue. 

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 Merengue is a native rhythm of the Dominican Republic and it is the only West Indian rhythm.  It is very popular in the Caribbean region of Colombia such as Magdalena department and the surrounding area. Another kind of music is the Son which is a relatively slow rhythm of African origin with native influence, and one of its characteristics is the use of the bass accordion.  Last but not least I want to talk about my favorite one when I am doing dance presentations the Puya. The Puya is a fast and complex rhythm that creates a joyful atmosphere. Puya is originated in the Magdalena department.

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