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A Sanjuanito, Sanjuan, or San Juan is a type of Ecuadorian music and dance. Sanjuanitos are an indigenous form of music and folkloric dance associated with the Sierra, Ecuador's mountainous Andean region. It's associated with, but not specific to, the Otavalo people.
In contrast to other styles of pasillo, however, Ecuadorian pasillo is slow and melancholic, often resting on themes of heartbreak and regret. Pasillo was named the "national style of Ecuador" and is the style of many city anthems, such as that of Guayaquil. [9] Today, it has incorporated more European features of classical dance, such as waltz.
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The racial makeup of Ecuador is 70% mestizo (mixed Amerindian and white), 7% Amerindian, 12% White, and 11% Black. [1] Ecuador can be split up into four geographically distinct areas; the Costa (coast), the Sierra , El Oriente (the east; which includes the Amazonic region) and the Galápagos Islands.
Ekizino involves both male and female participants donned in customary Bakiga clothing. This dance features vigorous movements, such as leaping and stomping, which symbolize the arduous labor of the Bakiga people in agricultural settings.
TURUCU, Ecuador (AP) — In the Indigenous community of Turucu, near the active Cotacachi volcano in northern Ecuador, soccer had always been a man’s thing. The only gleaming green field belongs ...
Pasillo (English: little step, hallway or aisle) is an Ecuadorean and Colombian genre of music popular in the territories that composed the 19th century Viceroyalty of New Granada: Born in the Andes during the independence wars, it spread to other areas; especially Ecuador (where it is considered the national musical style) and, to a lesser extent, the mountainous regions of Venezuela and Panama.
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