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Tajaraste (From Berber TAJARAST) is combined music and dance typical of the Canary Islands, (Spain). It is specific to the islands of Tenerife and La Gomera. Essentially an upbeat, happy and syncopated rhythm, danced in pairs accompanied by tambourines, drums and small castanet-like instruments called chácaras.
The dance is collective in nature and its choreography changes from island to island. The differences arise from the originating island.
Tajarastes arrived in the European courts in the 16th century. Its songs are from ancient romances that were revived after the conquest of the Canary Islands.[clarification needed] They describe stories, miracles and forbidden loves.
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External links
- http://www.spanishdancesociety.org/main/articles.asp?number=7 Para 9.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6xZn77yi9I
- http://www.tajaraste.org/index2.php
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