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[2] [3] The flamenco guajira is the adaptation to Melos flamenco of the Cuban point, the peasant point, a genre that brings together a series of songs called Guajiros that are grown in the rural areas of the island of Cuba. [3] A guajira is simply a song for voice and guitar with a series of similar letras. The guajira is traditionally danced.
Guajira [ɡwaˈxi.ɾa] is a music genre derived from the punto cubano.According to some specialists, [1] the punto cubano was known in Spain since the 18th century, where it was called "punto de La Habana", and by the second half of the 19th century it was adopted by the incipient Spanish Flamenco style, which included it within its "palos" with the name of guajira. [2]
The film presents thirteen rhythms of flamenco, each with song, guitar, and dance: the up-tempo bulerías, a brooding farruca, an anguished martinete, and a satiric fandango de Huelva. There are tangos, a taranta, alegrías, siguiriyas, soleás, a guajira of patrician women, a petenera about a sentence to death, villancicos, and a final rumba.
Punto guajiro or punto cubano – or simply punto – is a sung genre of Cuban music, a poetic art with music.It became popular in the western and central regions of Cuba in the 17th century, [1] and consolidated as a genre in the 18th century. [2]
It is located in the Guajira Peninsula of Colombia's Caribbean Region. Its main attraction is the American flamingoes , and their nests that can reach 60 cm (2.0 ft) high. The sanctuary is located between the fishing village of Camarones and the Tapias River, surrounded by estuaries and marshes including Manzanillo , Laguna Grande , Ciénaga ...
Sep. 11—Flamenco is alive and well in the Land of Enchantment. Organizations such as the National Institute of Flamenco makes sure it stays that way by bringing guest performers from Spain, as ...
Although he could not read music, Moré was a master of all the genres, including son montuno, mambo, guaracha, guajira, cha cha cha, afro, canción, guaguancó, and bolero. His orchestra, the Banda Gigante, and his music, was a development – more flexible and fluid in style – of the Perez Prado orchestra, which he sang with in 1949–1950.
Sabicas was born in Pamplona, Spain, and began playing guitar at the age of five and made his performing debut two years later.His early style was influenced by Ramón Montoya, to whom he was related on his mother's side of the family. [2]