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Trujillo is home to the marinera national competition each year. It is a typical dance of the city, organized by the Trujillo Club Libertad and it is performed in the last week of January. Many dance partners from different parts of the country and foreign guests come to the contest every year to compete in the categories of the competition.
Marinera is a partner dance that originated along the coastal regions of Peru, using handkerchiefs as props. The dance is a mix of Spanish contradanza and Andean zamacueca , and is a stylized reenactment of a courtship , showing a blend of the different cultures of Peru .
Victor Calderon is a master of marinera dance in Víctor Larco Herrera. Víctor Felipe Calderón Valeriano also known as Victor "El Chino Calderón", is a master of marinera dance in Victor Larco District and Trujillo city. He has over 42 years devoted entirely to the cultivation of this dance and he is teaching people from different parts of ...
La Chumaichada originated in Chachapoyasis and is known as "the dance of Chachapoyas".No holiday or celebration is complete if it is not danced. The music is probably of Indian origin, but the choreography has a French origin stemming from "Los Lanceros" (the lancers), a dance introduced in Chachapoyas by the bishop of the diocese at that time, monsignor Emilio Lissón, of French origin.
The Chacarera is a Contradance-influenced partner dance with similarities to many Ibero-American folk dances, including the Chilean (Zama) cueca and the Peruvian Marinera (Vega 1944). Male dancers circle about their female partners, seducing them with foot stomping ( zapateo ) and handkerchief waving during the A sections and “coronating ...
Competition of Paso Horses in Trujillo is a contest held in Trujillo city located at northern Peru.These competitions organized by the Association of Breeders and Owners of Paso Horses in La Libertad have as principal participants to the traditional Chalanes (riders) and Peruvian Paso horses in the city are celebrated annually.
Música criolla, Peruvian Creole music or canción criolla is a varied genre of Peruvian music that exhibits influences from European, African and Andean music. The genre's name reflects the coastal culture of Peru, and the local evolution of the term criollo, a word originally denoting high-status people of full Spanish ancestry, into a more socially inclusive element of the nation.
The dance often finishes with the man kneeling on one knee, with the woman placing her foot triumphantly on his raised knee. In Bolivia, there are many variations throughout the different regions. Cueca styles of La Paz, Potosí and Sucre are the elegant and static versions, whereas in Cochabamba and Tarija the style is much livelier and free.