Chacarera
From Argentina
History of Chacarera
Chacarera is a form of folk music that serves as a rural counter to the popular Tango. It is a contradance-influenced partner dance with similarities to many Ibero-American folk dances. The male dancers circle around the female dancer, seducing them with foot stomping and waving hankerchiefs. It is spread by mass media and projected by urban cultural institutions as a a romanticized construction of national identity. The rhythm of this dance is identified by its unique hemiola syncopation.
The Chacarera can be understood as an outgrowth of Argentine "nativism," a nationalist "back-to-the-roots" movement inspired by increasing Argentine urbanization
The late nineteenth century saw the main development of the music which uses soft Spanish guitar and upbeat drum rhythms to create a lively and distinctive style.
The idea is to dance in groups around a square.
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