Hundreds of dancers commemorate National Cueca Day in Bolivia
Online News Editor
October 2, 2022
La Paz, Oct 2 (EFE).- Some 250 dancers on Sunday commemorated the National Day of the Cueca, the dance that represents a man courting a woman and that is practiced in several Bolivian regions.
Fourteen dance teams and folk dance schools participated in the Cueca “Pañuelo Blanco” Encounter, held in the Plaza Mayor de San Francisco in the historic center of La Paz.
One by one, the teams showed their choreographies – the elegance of the La Paz and Chuquisaca cuecas, the cadence of the Cochabambina, and the joy and strength of the Tarijeña and Chaqueña cuecas, among other interpretations from the various regions.
Th women’s outfits included skirts, hats, shawls and blouses, although the materials and sizes of the skirts vary according to the region – longer and warmer in the Andean zone and shorter and lighter in the valleys – with boots and closed shoes or sandals.
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