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A pollera is a Spanish term for a large one-piece skirt used mostly in traditional festivities and folklore throughout Spanish-speaking Latin America. Polleras are made from different materials, such as cotton or wool and tend to have colorful decorations.
Colombia – Sombrero Vueltiao, ruana, white shirt, trousers and alpargatas (male), blouse, Cumbia pollera, Sombrero vueltiao and alpargatas (female); every region has a distinct costume. Ecuador – Poncho, Panama hat; Guyana – Guyana is unique among South American nations to not have a designated style of national dress. Every ethnic group ...
"La Pollera Colorá" is a Colombian cumbia song. It was composed in 1960 as an instrumental by clarinetist Juan Madera Castro . Singer-songwriter Wilson Choperena composed the lyrics in 1962.
The pollera is a symbol of pride for the indigenous people, who live in La Paz, and for people in rural areas. The inhabitants of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, from babies to seniors, wear the same kind of clothes that are typical in western countries, like jeans, shorts (which are the most common because of the heat), t-shirts, dresses, etc.
Cumbia (Spanish pronunciation:) is a folkloric genre and dance from Colombia. [1] [2] [3]The cumbia is the most representative dance of the coastal region in Colombia, and is danced in pairs with the couple not touching one another as they display the amorous conquest of a woman by a man. [4]
From the 1940s until the mid-1960s, Colombia experienced what was called the “Golden Age of Cumbia'' which characterized the country's musical identity for decades with hits such as the well-known cumbia song, La Pollera Colorá (“the red skirt”). Due to various social factors, cumbia receded in popularity as rhythms and music from abroad ...
Cholitas, with their indigenous costumes of bowler hats, shawls, and pollera are now seen as fashion icons. [2] Cholitas are now moving into many other fields at a high level. [ 12 ] A "cholo" in Bolivia is the name given to a campesino (peasant, farmer) who moved to the city, and though the term was also originally derogatory, it has now ...
WASP-79b, also known as Pollera, is an extrasolar planet orbiting the star WASP-79 (Montuno). This planet is in the constellation Eridanus , and is about 810 light-years from Earth. The name, Pollera , was selected in the NameExoWorlds campaign by Panama , during the 100th anniversary of the IAU .