Zusammenfassung der Ressource
MUSICAL
GENRES OF
COLOMBIA
- CUMBIA: The cumbia is a musical rhythm
and traditional folkloric dance of Colombia. It
has contents of three cultural aspects,
mainly indigenous and black African and, to
a lesser extent, white (Spanish), being fruit
of the long and intense mestizaje between
these cultures during the Conquest and the
colony.
- VALLENATO:The vallenato or music vallenata is an
autochthonous musical genre of the Colombian
Caribbean Coast with epicenter in the old province
of Padilla (current south of La Guajira, north of the
Cesar and east of the Magdalena) and ancestral
presence in the savanna region of the departments
of Bolivar , Sucre and Córdoba.
- JOROPO:The joropo is a musical genre and traditional dance
of Venezuela and Colombia. Its diversity is manifested in
different sub-regional typologies. These include the eastern
joropo, the central joropo (with some specificities such as
joropo tuyero, joropo mirandino or joropo aragüeño), the
Andean joropo and the larense blow in Venezuela; In addition
to the joropo llanero, typical of the colombo-venezuelan
plains.
- CARRANGA:The carranga, carranguera
music or peasant music, is a genre of folk
music originated in the Colombian Andean
region, more precisely in the department
of Boyacá in the 70s, with the composer
Jorge Velosa and the Carrangueros de
Ráquira.
- MAPALE:The Mapale is an
Afro-Colombian dance rhythm. Its name
comes from the fish teleosterus
Cathorops mapale, whose movements
very fast out of the water, on the beach,
are compared with the agility and
strength of those who dance.
- BAMBUCO:Bambuco is a dance and an
indigenous musical genre of Colombia,
considered one of the most representative
of that country, so much that it has come to
be recognized between the national
emblems and as part of the folklore of this
nation.
- CURRULAO:The currulao is a musical rhythm,
although strictly speaking it refers to the indigenous
Colombian folkloric dance of the Pacific Region,
whose variants can also be observed in regions of
Ecuador. Traditionally it was known as old bambuco,
and it is a dance oriented towards the cortege. Its
origin is closely related to the Afro-descendant
culture of the region
- PORRO:Porro is a musical rhythm of the
Colombian Caribbean Region, traditional of
the departments of Cordova, Bolivar, Atlantic
and Sucre. It has a rhythmic rhythm, cheerful
and partying, suitable for dancing in pairs. It
runs in 2/2 time bar or, as it is popularly said
in America, party beat.