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Cueca (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkweka]) is a
family of
musical styles and ****ociated
dances from Chile, Argentina, and Bolivia. In Chile, the
cueca holds...
- "They
Dance Alone (
Cueca Solo)" is a
protest song
composed by
English musician Sting and
published first on his 1987
album ...Nothing Like the Sun; the...
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reaches other nearby regions. Its
origins lie in the
cueca of Chile,
whence its name. The
cueca is a
dance that was
brought by
Chilean sailors in 1822...
- La
cueca presentada por
Violeta Parra, also
known as El
folklore de
Chile Volumen 3, is an
album by
Violeta Parra released on the Odeón
label in early...
- more
commonly used for his wife or sweetheart,
whose dress can be seen in
cueca dancing.
Huasos are
found all over
Central and
Southern Chile while the...
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Isturgia contexta is a moth of the
family Geometridae. It is
found in
Madagascar and Comoros. The
length of the
forewings is 12 to 16mm. The
wings are...
- the
singer rather than on the
music or the dance.
Cueca brava (urban
cueca) is a
variation of the
cueca that
originated in the 1860s in the
rougher neighbourhoods...
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including also
Easter Island and
Mapuche music. The
national dance is the
cueca.
Another form of
traditional Chilean song,
though not a dance, is the tonada...
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waving white handkerchiefs very elegantly. It has
common elements with the
cueca.
Zambas are
composed about many themes, from
those that
celebrate people...
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estamos juntos"; "They
Dance Alone"
translates to "Ellas
danzan solas (
Cueca solas)"; and "Fragile"
performed also in
Portuguese becomes "Frágil". The...
