What Is Peruvian Huayno Dance

Peruvian Huayno Peru is located in the west of South America. A country with a variety of dance movement that express culture and history of the Peruvian people. The Huayno, is one of the most commonly practiced folkdances throughout the Andes. It is also performed in Chile, Bolivia, Argentina, and Ecuador but it originated and remains the most popular in Peru. Even though there are no historical records. It is commonly assumed that Huayno originated in the Incan Empire. In the Andes of Peru, huayno is a type of dance that presents itself as an expression of joy, expression of the spirit, externalized in a musical and poetic form. Huayno was the best known dance all over the Inca empire and continues to be an Inca traditional dance in

His musical accompaniment varies by region and socio-cultural stratum. It is usually often performed by large groups of people even though it is a dance of two. The dance begins as many pairings dancing about and eventually the dancers will form a large circle with one couple in the middle. There are several formations that the dancers will go in and out of throughout the dance such as an arch for couples to pass through or an enclosed circle. The steps are very fast and intricate stamping movements. The man follows the woman throughout the majority of the movement and the man is typically very happy and celebratory by nature. When performed by the indigenous people of Peru, the men are typically found wearing colorful ponchos trousers and handkerchief. The women can be seen wearing colorful skirts, traditional blouses, handkerchief and braided

There are three types of huayno in Peru: Huayno of Northern Peru, Huayno of Central Peru and Huayno of Southern Peru. Each one is strictly classified by the Peruvian regions in which they are play. The huayno of the northern Peru is the happiest, cheerful one, and natives danced with animated swings and steps. It is also the one that displayed the most effort because the dancers are sweating and gasping for air at the end of the song. The huayno of central Peru are animated but the lyrics usually narrate the suffering and sorrow the indigenous people went through when the Spaniards took over. The music makes the performance quite melancholic. The huayno of southern Peru is characterized by the cadence of its rhythms and sentimental tones. The performance of the dance also reflect how the Incas became victims of abuses and exploitation by the