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Blog 7 Hannon
My mother is Puerto Rican, so I have chosen to write about music from Puerto Rico. A genre of music which originates from Puerto Rico is the “Danza”. This is a genre of music which would be best for ballroom dancing and can be compared to the waltz. They are considered to have a mostly […]
Blog 7 Cuenca
My ethnicity is Colombian and African. Colombia is known for being named the “land of a thousand rhythms.” It is most popular for its cumbia. It brings together three cultures which are African, Indigenous, and European. The European culture brings about the costumes and choreography to the dance. The Indigenous culture brings upon the flute […]
Blog 7 Valenzuela
I come from a Latino background, my parent’s were both born in Paraguay. The traditional dance / most popular dance of Paraguay is the “La Danza De La Botella” which means the Dance of the Bottles. The dance is a sequence of dancers (primarily females) putting a bottle on their heads and dancing around with […]
Blog 7 Persaud
My family comes from a small country off the coast of South America called Guyana. Guyana is considered part of the West Indies. As a result of being right next to the Caribbean and having the same cultural traditions, people from Guyana are also often considered Caribbean. Some geographers consider the West Indies a part […]
Amiel Blog 7
My family originated from Turkey on my paternal grandmother’s side. As Sephardic Jews, much of the music that was listened to was either in Hebrew or in Ladino, otherwise known as Judeo-Spanish, which is a Jewish language that has a mixture of Hebrew, Spanish, Greek and hints of other languages. The music listened to is […]
Blog 7 Ponce
Both my parents originated from Mexico, having me to have grown up within a heavily influenced traditional Mexican household. Within Mexican culture, music is a huge part of its culture, as goes for many. Such music revolving around genres such as mariachi, norteño, corridos, etc. But all are as equally important within Mexican culture, sometimes […]
Blog 7 Garcia
A genre of music associated with my ethnicity is Mariachi. Growing up and having two Mexican parents, Mariachi music was constantly playing in my home. The instruments that are typically part of a Mariachi band are violins, guitars, trumpets and a guitarròn, which is a six-string guitar. The modern Mariachi music that is known […]
Mora Blog 7
My family and I are from a Mexican ethnicity where our music is mostly known everywhere. One of our famous music pieces is a Mexican Folk dance called “El Jarabe Tapatío”. This music piece was composed by Jesús González Rubio in 1924. It originated in the city of Jalisco and was influenced by the Mexican […]
Blog 7 Loh
My father’s side of the family originally came from Hong Kong. There is a dance called “舞狮 wǔshī” or otherwise known as the “lion dance” which is often performed with the “dragon dance” or “龙舞 Lóng wǔ”. However, the lion dance is the most popular and was developed first in Hong Kong. The lion dance […]
Blog 7 Hossain
I come from a very small country name Bangladesh. I came to America when I was about eight years old. Back then the country was still developing and the music was age friendly for both the elders and the younger generation. There is a lot of popular old music that is still played at different […]
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