Information About ™Chacarera |
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| latin american folklore | |
| argentine styles of music | |
| folk dances | |
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The Chacarera is usually played with Guitar , Violin , Accordion and Bombo Legüero , with a melody in 6/8 that follows the bombo in 3/4, and its danced by couples loosely dancing on their own, with rounds and turns. Around 1850 people started dancing Chacarera in the northwest of Argentina, specially in Santiago del Estero, but the origin of it remains unknown. The name originates from the word ''"chacra"'' ("farm"), as it was usually danced in rural areas, but it slowly made its way to the cities of that area. At the beginning of the 20th century the Chacarera arrived to Buenos Aires , but in spite of the welcome of this traditional form of music, it couldn't compete with the popularity of Tango in the ''big city''. Chacarera is still played and danced in many provinces of Argentina, specially in Catamarca , Salta , Tucumán , Santiago del Estero, and Jujuy , and it can be also found in the south of Bolivia . Each Province has it own ''flavour'' of chacarera with subtile differences, mainly in the steps (''Chacarera doble'', ''Chacarera larga'', etc). SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS
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