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    Cueca (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkweka]) is a family of musical styles and associated dances from Chile, Argentina, and Bolivia. In Chile, the cueca holds...
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  • "They Dance Alone (Cueca Solo)" is a protest song composed by English musician Sting and published first on his 1987 album ...Nothing Like the Sun; the...
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    more commonly used for his wife or sweetheart, whose dress can be seen in cueca dancing. Huasos are found all over Central and Southern Chile while the...
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  • the singer rather than on the music or the dance. Cueca brava (urban cueca) is a variation of the cueca that originated in the 1860s in the rougher neighbourhoods...
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    waving white handkerchiefs very elegantly. It has common elements with the cueca. Zambas are composed about many themes, from those that celebrate people...
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  • La cueca presentada por Violeta Parra, also known as El folklore de Chile Volumen 3, is an album by Violeta Parra released on the Odeón label in early...
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  • becomes Si estamos juntos, They Dance Alone translates to Ellas danzan solas (Cueca solas) and finally Fragile retitled Fragilidad, this same song performed...
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    Duranguense Banda Mariachi Jarabe Ranchera Trival Southern Cone Candombe Cueca Música cebolla Milonga Murga Rock Alternative Argentine Chicano Chilean...
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  • reaches other nearby regions. Its origins lie in the cueca of Chile, whence its name. The cueca is a dance that was brought by Chilean sailors in 1822...
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    (1973-1990) until her death. She was also a member of the folk dance group, "Cueca sola", in which she participated more than a hundred times as a dancer,...
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    including also Easter Island and Mapuche music. The national dance is the cueca. Another form of traditional Chilean song, though not a dance, is the tonada...
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  • Duranguense Banda Mariachi Jarabe Ranchera Trival Southern Cone Candombe Cueca Música cebolla Milonga Murga Rock Alternative Argentine Chicano Chilean...
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  • introduced him to victims of government oppression. "They Dance Alone (Cueca Solo)" was inspired by his witnessing of public demonstrations of grief...
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    Honduran (Garifuna) punta, the Colombian cumbia and vallenato, the Chilean cueca, the Ecuadorian boleros, and rockoleras, the Mexican ranchera and the mariachi...
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    throughout Latin America, and it is regarded as a precursor to Rock en español. Cueca is a family of musical styles and associated dances from Chile, Bolivia...
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    the provinces of Sihuas, Pomabamba and Mariscal Luzuriaga in Áncash, Peru Cueca Qhaswa Tarkeada - An aymara musical style played on wooden flutes known...
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    Folklore of Chile in 1958, Acompañada de Guitarra. In 1959, she released La cueca and La tonada. The following year, she founded the National Museum of Folkloric...
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    efforts to save the rainforest". In 1988, the single "They Dance Alone (Cueca Sola)" chronicled the plight of the mothers, wives and daughters of the...
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    19th century; such as the Cuban son, the Venezuelan joropo and the Chilean cueca. Lyrics include humorous verses and subjects such as love, nature, sailors...
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    Central Chile use it as well. In addition, it is often used when dancing the cueca (a Chilean folk dance) and during Chilean rodeos. The name chupalla comes...
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  • Duranguense Banda Mariachi Jarabe Ranchera Trival Southern Cone Candombe Cueca Música cebolla Milonga Murga Rock Alternative Argentine Chicano Chilean...
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    zamba, also tango used to be a popular dance until the mid-20th century. Cueca is Chilean folk dance. Uruguayan folk dances are pericón, polka, ranchera...
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