[permalink] [id link]
The cueca was promoted by the Pinochet regime in the 1970s and 1980s for political reasons to promote Chilean nationalism, cultural pride and conservative patriotic fervor.
from
Wikipedia
Some Related Sentences
cueca and was
In Chile, the cueca holds the status of national dance, where it was officially selected on September 18, 1979.
cueca and by
Arising from music imported by the Spanish colonists, it is distinguished from the cueca by an intermediate melodic section and a more prominent melody.
It is distinguished from the cueca by an intermediate melodic section and a more prominent melody in general ; the tonada is also not danced.
* " Cueca de Joaquín Murieta " recorded by both Víctor Jara and Quilapayún, in the style of Chile's national dance, the cueca.
The dancing of the cueca in which the coy china is courted by the persistent huaso, both traditionally attired, is de rigueur on such occasions.
cueca and for
One of the most important sources for nueva canción is Chilean cueca, a guitar based rural song-form.
The national dance is the cueca ( short for zamacueca ) and first appeared in 1824.
The cueca ( short for zamacueca ) has long been considered the " most popular air of Chile "; it first appeared in 1824.
A female huaso is called a huasa, although the term china is far more commonly used for his wife or sweetheart, whose dress can be seen in cueca dancing.
cueca and Chilean
Chilean huaso s dancing cueca in 2007, in the then Ross Casino of Pichilemu
The clothing worn during the cueca dance is very traditional Chilean clothes.
The Chacarera is a Contradance-influenced partner dance with similarities to many Ibero-American folk dances, including the Chilean ( Zama ) cueca and the Peruvian Marinera ( Vega 1944 ).
cueca and .
* La cueca presentada por Violeta Parra: El Folklore de Chile, Vol.
Outside the cueca northerners, dance highlights include the trot and cachimbo.
The cueca is always in a major key and is written in six-eight time with accompaniment in three-four.
( spotlightonchile. com ) The dance of the cueca is done with a sense of the rooster and the chicken.
The white handkerchief must be waved ; this writer has seen Chileans using paper handkerchieves from a box rather than dance the cueca without one.
The basic structure of the cueca is that it is a compound meter in 6 / 8 or 3 / 4 and is divided into three sections.
* The northern cueca: The main difference with this version is that there is no singing in the accompanying music which is played with only sicus, zamponas, and brass.
* The cueca from the central region: This genre is mostly seen in Chile.
* The Chiloé cueca: This form has the absence of the cuarteta.
Currently, the cueca is mainly danced in the countryside, and performed throughout Chile each year during the national holidays in September.
Dancing competitions of cueca are popular around that time of year.
was and promoted
he became Otto Klemperer's personal assistant at the Cologne Opera, and a year later was promoted to the position of regular conductor.
The inference is overwhelming that Du Pont's commanding position was promoted by its stock interest and was not gained solely on competitive merit ''.
Referring further to the Foundation's officers, Dr. James F. Mathias, for eleven years our discerning colleague as Associate Secretary, was promoted to be Secretary.
He was named Product Manager of the Special Products Division of Sprague when it was founded in 1958, and was later promoted to his present post.
Walton dropped everything to serve as a district co-ordinator in the hard-fought Wisconsin primary and proved so useful that he was promoted to be liaison officer to critically important New York City.
His power was so great that he even promoted and demoted gods according to whether they had given ear or been deaf to petitions.
And little Zeme North, a Dora with real spirit and verve, was fascinating whether she was singing of her love for Floyd, the cop who becomes sewer commissioner and then is promoted into garbage, or just dancing to display her exuberant feelings.
As I grew older and was promoted, so was he, always where I was.
Its first commercial use was as a seven-bit teleprinter code promoted by Bell data services.
One month later, Johnston was promoted to major and the position of aide-de-camp to General Sam Houston.
Doubleday was promoted to major on May 14, 1861, and commanded the Artillery Department in the Shenandoah Valley from June to August, and then the artillery for Maj. Gen. Nathaniel Banks's division of the Army of the Potomac.
He received a brevet promotion to lieutenant colonel in the regular army for his actions at Antietam and was promoted in March 1863 to major general of volunteers, to rank from November 29, 1862.
It was also around this time that William of Tyre was promoted to archdeacon of Tyre, and was recruited by Amalric to write a history of the kingdom.
He also paid close attention to his work quickly learning to distinguish the differing sounds the incoming telegraph signals produced and learned to translate signals by ear, without having to write them down and within a year was promoted as an operator.
Betsy Ross was promoted as a patriotic role model for young girls and a symbol of women's contributions to American history.
Weaving together Jewish and Greek thought, Philo promoted praise without instruments, and taught that " silent singing " ( without even vocal chords ) was better still.
In 1993, she was moved to the Department of Employment, and she was promoted to Minister of State the following year.
was and by
Her face was very thin, and burned by the sun until much of the skin was dead and peeling, the new skin under it red and angry.
Gavin's stallion was in the barn and he tightened the cinches over the saddle blanket, working by touch in the darkness, comforting the animal with easy words.
It was pierced by a wagon gate built of two wings.
In the brief moment I had to talk to them before I took my post on the ring of defenses, I indicated I was sickened by the methods men employed to live and trade on the river.
His face was split by a vermilion streak, his eyes were pools of white ; ;
It was pitiful to see the thin ranks of warriors, old and young, wheeling and twisting their ponies frantically from side to side only to be tumbled bleeding from their saddles by the relentless slam, slam of the cruelly efficient Hawkinses.
He grabbed her by the shoulders and went down on one knee, taking her weight so that some of the wind was driven out of him.
There was an artificial lake just out of sight in the first stand of trees, fed by a half dozen springs that popped out of the ground above the hillside orchard.
only the counter at one end was lighted by a long fluorescent tube suspended directly above it.
He had looked over my forms and was impressed by what he had seen there ; ;
The office was of logs, four rooms, each heated by an iron stove.
The building was dwarfed by the scene outside.
It was partially cemented by ages and pressure, yet it crumpled before the onslaught of the powerful streams, the force of a thousand fire hoses, and with the gold it held washed down through the long sluices.
Even Hague was repelled by the machinelike deadliness that was Kodyke.
When they reached their neighbor's house, Pamela said a few polite words to Grace and kissed Melissa lightly on the forehead, the impulse prompted by a stray thought -- of the type to which she was frequently subject these days -- that they might never see one another again.
She was sure she would reach the pool by climbing, and she clung to that belief despite the increasing number of obstacles.
It was secured by an oversized padlock.
The rustling problem was by no means solved.
Jess's coarse features twisted in a surprised grin which was smashed out of shape by Curt's fist.
Russ ran through the bills and named an amount it was highly unlikely any cowpuncher would come by honestly.
The truth was, the puncher was both bewildered and dismayed by his own mixed luck.
When it was followed by a second, whining even closer, Cobb swerved sharply aside into a depression.
0.289 seconds.