Morenada

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Morenada is a traditional Bolivian folk dance and music style, characterized by heavy costumes, elaborate masks, and rhythms that evoke the labor of African slaves in colonial mines.

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Morenada canonical 1
morenada 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bolivian folk dance ⓘ
music genre ⓘ
traditional dance ⓘ
associatedWithCity La Paz ⓘ
Oruro ⓘ
associatedWithCountry Bolivia ⓘ
associatedWithEthnicGroup Afro-Bolivians ⓘ
Aymara people ⓘ
associatedWithRegion Altiplano ⓘ
linked to: Altiplano plateau
culturalOrigin Bolivia ⓘ
danceStructure processional line ⓘ
repetitive step patterns ⓘ
hasCharacteristic elaborate masks ⓘ
heavy costumes ⓘ
processional formation ⓘ
slow, heavy rhythm ⓘ
hasCostumeElement boots with bells ⓘ
elaborate masks with bulging eyes ⓘ
feathered headdresses ⓘ
heavy embroidered suits ⓘ
large bell-shaped skirts (polleras) ⓘ
masks with protruding tongues ⓘ
hasElement dance ⓘ
music ⓘ
hasRole achachis (old men characters) ⓘ
caporal or director ⓘ
cholitas dancers ⓘ
morenos (main dancers) ⓘ
hasTheme African slaves in mines ⓘ
colonial-era labor ⓘ
wine and trade ⓘ
influenced other Andean carnival dances ⓘ
languageOfSongs Aymara ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
performedAtEvent patron saint festivals ⓘ
religious processions ⓘ
performedAtFestival Carnaval de Oruro ⓘ
linked to: Carnival of Oruro

Fiesta del Gran Poder ⓘ
Virgen de la Candelaria (Puno) ⓘ
recognizedAs important element of Bolivian cultural heritage ⓘ
symbolizes exhausting labor of African slaves ⓘ
wealth and social status ⓘ
typicalInstrument bass drum ⓘ
brass band ⓘ
cymbals ⓘ
snare drum ⓘ
trombone ⓘ
trumpet ⓘ
tuba ⓘ

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