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The ''Carnavalito'' ( en, little carnival) is a traditional Indigenous peoples of the Americas, indigenous dance from the Argentinian ''Altiplano'' and Puna grassland, ''puna'' regions, usually performed during religious festivitie
Its current form is an expression of a syncretism between Pre-Columbian era, Pre-Columbian and Spanish colonial culture
It was danced in the Americas long before the Spanish arrived. Today, it's still danced in the Argentina, Argentine provinces of Salta and Jujuy Province, Jujuy, as well as in southern Bolivia and other Andes, Andean regions of Latin America. The music is characterized by the use of instruments such as the quena, siku (instrument), siku, charangos and the bombo legüero, bombo.
The ''Carnavalito'' ( en, little carnival) is a traditional Indigenous peoples of the Americas, indigenous dance from the Argentinian ''Altiplano'' and Puna grassland, ''puna'' regions, usually performed during religious festivitieIts current form is an expression of a syncretism between Pre-Columbian era, Pre-Columbian and Spanish colonial culture
It was danced in the Americas long before the Spanish arrived. Today, it's still danced in the Argentina, Argentine provinces of Salta and Jujuy Province, Jujuy, as well as in southern Bolivia and other Andes, Andean regions of Latin America. The music is characterized by the use of instruments such as the quena, siku (instrument), siku, charangos and the bombo legüero, bombo.
Classification
The ''Carnavalito'' is a great collective dance. The dance is joyful in nature and is performed with cheerfulness and innocence, as if everybody is playing happily.Choreography
The dance is set staged in groups or with multiple partners who perform choreographed steps to the beat of the music. The dancers move around the musicians in a row. A woman or a man holding a handkerchief (or a pennant decorated with ribbons) is responsible for directing the choreography. They all sing the same verse or improvisations.Musical Characteristics
The ''Carnavalito'' is primarily in a minor pentatonic mode, with simple i - V harmony throughout. However certain other Charangos make use of a vii - III - V - i progression. Certain Carnavalitos have a free, strummed intro by the Charangos playerSee also
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Argentine dances Native American dances Carnivals in Argentina Carnivals in Bolivia Carnival music {{dance-stub