Chile's National Holiday (Fiestas Patrias)
On the 18th and 19th of September, Chile celebrates its National Holiday. The coming spring is anticipated by open-air ramadas -shelters with roofs made of tree branches-, and fondas, refreshment stands offering typical dishes, meat or cheese empanadas, chicha (type of cider) and red wine.
Under the shelter of the ramadas, people dance cueca, the national dance of Chile.
The Chilean flag is displayed on top of the houses and apartments. Children fly kites and play with marbles and spinning tops. They have hopscotch competitions and greased pole climbing contests. There are horse races, Chilean style --bareback, the rider holding onto the horse's mane-- while rodeos are held in traditional rings.
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BAFOCHI - Huasos chilenos
Ballet Folcklorico de Chile
Cueca Horse dance Chile
Cueca (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkweka]) is a family of musical styles and associated dances from Argentina, Chile and Bolivia. In Chile, the cueca holds the status of national dance, where it was officially selected on September 18, 1979.
Dancing Street Cueca at a Chilean Rodeo in the Cajon del Maipo.
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DANCING THE CUECA IN THE STREET,
Children in Chile practising the national dance, the cueca, in the street behind a rodeo, ready for the evening party. The cueca is the national dance of Chile and an important part of the national culture. Although quite difficult to dance well, all the country people know how to do it as they learn at school. People like politicians, especially the president, have to be coached as they will be expected to dance it well and in public and may not have learnt the country traditions from childhood.
CHILDREN LEARN AT SCHOOL.
In all the public schools of Chile the children dance it well and here two of them are practising outside the 'casino' which is part of the rodeo facilities, ready for the evening party. After a Chilean rodeo the tradition is that the winners dance the cueca with the two local beauty queens, who have been elected while the riders are competing for glory in the ring. These two are excellent dancers and a joy to watch. Usually smaller children are given some dances by their older brothers or sisters and their parents. Seeing 4 year olds dance and stamp their feet correctly with gusto is a great pleasure. Often there will be dogs strolling in and out of the dance floor - which is usually just dry earth. Sadly the better off families who go to private schools often do not maintain the tradition and have to hire in performers to dance for them as a show. This is certainly true in the Cajon del Maipo where skills on a horse and the dance floor are still prized by the country folk but not so much by the better off. Many of the young of these families are turning to modern music and dance, but they know how to do the cueca if called upon to do so.
CUECA HISTORY
The dance is thought to have originated in Spain, but changed its nature considerably in Chile and in country areas like the Cajon del Maipo near Santiago.It represents courting ritual of a cockerel and a hen. The man pursues the woman and stamps his feet while the woman is coy and elusive. The dance sometimes finishes with the man kneeling on one knee, with the woman placing her foot on his raised knee. Often the dancers wear special clothes - the men in huaso kit with a sombrero, a manta and chaps, spurs and huaso boots; the girl in a flowery cotton dress of a particular style. There is much waving of handkerchiefs as part of the ritual.
VISITING A RODEO
The official rodeos terminate in a finals week in Rancagua, but there are small country events all the time all over Chile. In the Cajon del Maipo there are approximately twelve local clubs, one in nearly every village with its own media luna. There are rodeos roughly once a month and they are always well attended, but purely local events with very few tourists. It makes an interesting thing to do outside Santiago at a weekend.
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Desde Wikipedia:
Huaso es el término utilizado en Chile para referirse al individuo que vive en la zona centro y sur del país y se dedica a tareas propias de sectores rurales.
Por extensión, se hace referencia con este nombre a los campesinos de esa zona, utilizándose como adjetivo para señalar características propias del centro y sur de Chile, como «Zona huasa» o «Rancagua, ciudad huasa».
Los huasos, además, son los jinetes en el rodeo chileno, similar al gaucho rioplatense, al llanero colombiano y venezolano, al chagra ecuatoriano, al charro mexicano, al vaquero estadounidense y al qorilazo peruano. Sin embargo, la labor del huaso chileno - a diferencia de los mencionados - no se limita exclusivamente a la ganadería, sino que también abarca otras actividades campesinas, como la agricultura.
También huaso hace referencia al hombre que baila la cueca (baile nacional chileno). La versión femenina del huaso es la china, su pareja en este baile.
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