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Payada in a pulpería by Carlos Morel Juan Arroyo, Argentine payador, c. 1870 Payador playing in his rancho, c. 1890s. The payada is a folk music tradition native to Argentina, Uruguay, southern Brazil, and south Paraguay as part of the Gaucho culture and Gaucho literature. In Chile it is called paya and performed by huasos.
Cover to Cantares Criollos, a book that compiles songs by Gabino Ezeiza, published in 1886. There are those who consider that Ezeiza was the one who introduced the milonga rhythm to payada, [14] and its popularity caused other payadores to spread it to other areas of Argentina, Uruguay, and Brazil (on all in the south of this country).
The milonga was derived from an earlier style of singing known as the 'payada de contrapunto'. The song was set to a lively 2 4 tempo, and often included musical improvisation. Over time, dance steps and other musical influences were added, eventually giving rise to the tango. Milonga music is still used for dancing, but the milonga dancing of ...
This is a list of folk music traditions, with styles, dances, instruments and other related topics.The term folk music can not be easily defined in a precise manner; it is used with widely varying definitions depending on the author, intended audience and context within a work.
In Argentina, the word Tango seems to have first been used in the 1890s. In 1902, the Teatro Opera started to include tango in their balls. [11] Initially tango was just one of the many dances practiced locally, but it soon became popular throughout society, as theatres and street barrel organs spread it from the suburbs to the working-class slums, which were packed with hundreds of thousands ...
Carnival in Uruguay is a festival that takes place every year in Uruguay from mid January to late February. It is considered to be the longest carnival in the world. [1] The Carnival draws root from candombe, Murga and tablados, which are forms of expression of Uruguayan culture through dance and music.
The candombe is a folk dance performed at Carnival, especially Uruguayan Carnival, mainly by Uruguayans of African ancestry. [26] The guitar is the preferred musical instrument, and in a popular traditional contest called the payada, two singers, each with a guitar, take turns improvising verses to the same tune. [26]
Category: Dance in Uruguay. ... National Ballet of Uruguay This page was last edited on 20 December 2021, at 21:02 (UTC). Text is available under the ...