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  2. Music of Ecuador - Wikipedia

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    Afro-Ecuadorian music is also a prominent part of the country's scene, with styles such as marimba and bomba stemming from the days of slavery. Pasillo, pasacalle, and yarabi are popular styles of folksong, with the former being similar to a flute and usually downtempo as it is descended from the waltz. Pasacalle is a form of dance music, while ...

  3. Bomba (Ecuador) - Wikipedia

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    Bomba or Bomba del Chota is an Afro-Ecuadorian music and dance form from the Chota Valley area of Ecuador in the province of Imbabura and Carchi.Its origins can be traced back to Africa via the middle passage and the use of African slave labor during the country's colonial period.

  4. Sanjuanito - Wikipedia

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    Meanwhile, the title "musica nacional" or national music was reserved for the elite class' preferences and definition of Ecuadorian music, as was the case for Pasillos. [1] Nonetheless, sanjuanitos are like other mestizo genres and the result of many musical, social, and cultural elements fusing and influencing one another throughout history. [4]

  5. Culture of Ecuador - Wikipedia

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    Girls tend to be more protected by their parents than boys, due to traditional social structures. At age 15, girls often have traditional parties called fiesta de quince años. Quinceañera is the term used for the girl, not the party. The party involves festive food and dance.

  6. List of national dances - Wikipedia

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    None, Canadian stepdance unofficially; Red River Jig for Métis; jingle dance, Fancy dance and First Nations tribal dance styles dominate in areas populated by First Nations. Cape Verde: Coladeira, Batuque: Chile: Cueca; [4] Rapa Nui: Sau-sau and others China: Yangge, Lion dance, Dragon dance: Colombia: Vallenato and Cumbia [4] Cook Islands ...

  7. All the Songs and Dances for 'Dancing with the Stars' ‘Music ...

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    Dancing with the Stars is borrowing a page from some of the best dance videos of previous eras when the eight remaining dance teams will compete to songs behind some of music’s most iconic videos.

  8. Indigenous women in Ecuador take on soccer by inventing a ...

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    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 ...

  9. Pasillo - Wikipedia

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    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.