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    The joropo, better known as Música Llanera, is a musical style resembling the fandango, and an accompanying dance. It originated in Venezuela and it has...
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    Perhaps the most typical Venezuelan music is joropo, a rural form which originated in the llanos, or plains. Joropo was developed by creative artists such as...
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  • Chaetostoma joropo is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Cusiana River basin in the...
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  • Eastern Joropo (Spanish: Joropo Oriental), is a variant of joropo present in Venezuela's Caribbean coast and Margarita Island. The joropo oriental musical...
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    European stylings into indigenous culture. They include the national dance Joropo, Venezuelan Salsa, the Venezuelan merengue and the Baile de San Juan, also...
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    arpa tuyera (al estilo del joropo tuyero) [Tuyan harp (in the style of a Tuyan joropo)] […] a particular kind of joropo […] called golpe tuyero. of the...
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    four-stringed guitar) and maracas. Important rhythms of this region are the joropo (a fast rhythm and there is also tapping as a result of its flamenco ancestry)...
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    genre, generally performed during Christmas. The national dance is the joropo. Venezuela has always been a melting pot of cultures and this can be seen...
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  • Spanish Uruguayan Venezuelan Traditional folk Chacarera Gaita zuliana Gato Joropo Mexican Son huasteco jalisciense jarocho Tonada Zamacueca Cueca Marinera...
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    Colombia and Ecuador, samba, bossa nova and música sertaneja from Brazil, joropo from Venezuela and tango from Argentina and Uruguay. Also well known is...
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