La Morenada Traditional Dancer   Leave a comment

Basiluca of Our Lady of Copabana-10-2-Edit-1-art-2-72.jpgLa Morenada Traditional Dancer — Photo-Artistry by kenne

The word “moreno” means “dark” in Spanish. This music and its dance are from La Paz and involve a lot of drums and rattles. Over the years trumpets, trombones and cymbals were added. This traditional Bolivian dance also originated with the African slaves brought to Bolivia from Africa to work on haciendas; however, this music comes from the area of Lake Titicaca, high on the Bolivian Altiplano (the high plateau that surrounds La Paz) not the tropical Yungas region.https://www.boliviabella.com/bolivian-music-types.html

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