Peru celebrates Criolla Music Day with great party

Lima, Oct. 31 (ANDINA). As part of today's celebrations marking the  Criolla Music Day, Sunday will feature a cultural music and dance  festival, highlighting performances from the National Folklore Ensemble  of Peru.This cultural event, organized by Peru's Ministry of Culture, will  be held at the Los Incas auditorium of the Museo de la Nación (National Museum) in Lima's San Borja district. The great jarana (party with folk music) will include a variety of traditional  coastal dances such as vals, tondero, zamacueca, marinera, among others. Tickets are on sale in Teleticket modules and at the museum, which is located on Av. Javier Prado Este 2465. In a tradition that dates back to 1944, most Peruvians celebrate the Criolla Music Day on October 31 every year. Throughout Latin America, the term "criollismo" originally referred to the  descendants of Spanish settlers, but it subsequently came to designate that which was distinctively local. In the case of Peru, it designates the people and culture of the coastal region  (as opposed to the Andean highlands) and of Lima in particular. It was on the coast that the Spaniards founded their capital, where most of  their  ettlement was concentrated and where their culture took deepest root. The most popular style of Peru's "criolla" music is the Marinera, said to be the national dance of Peru. Other main genres are the Peruvian vals (waltz), tondero, festejo, polka, zamacueca, landó, among other traditional dances. (END) JCP/EEP

(AND325376)  Date: 31/10/2010