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| instruments = [[Matraca]], [[cymbal]], [[bass drum]], [[trumpet]], [[tuba]]. |
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The '''Morenada''' is a |
The '''Morenada''' is a folk dance whose origin is discussed. This dance is practiced mainly in [[Bolivia]]<ref name=":2">{{cite news|last=Ministerio de Culturas y Turismo|author-link=Ministerio de Culturas y Turismo (Bolivia)|title=La Morenada Patrimonio Cultural de Bolivia|url=http://www.patrimonio.minculturas.gob.bo/index.php/component/k2/item/11-la-morenada-patrimonio-cultural-de-bolivia|date=29 August 2018|access-date=25 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180927093603/http://patrimonio.minculturas.gob.bo/index.php/component/k2/item/11-la-morenada-patrimonio-cultural-de-bolivia|archive-date=27 September 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> as well as in [[Peru]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Danzas folclóricas se lucen por primera vez en el desfile de Fiestas Patrias del Perú|url=https://www.gob.pe/institucion/cultura/noticias/17284-danzas-folcloricas-se-lucen-por-primera-vez-en-el-desfile-de-fiestas-patrias|date=29 July 2018|access-date=24 October 2018|work=[[Ministerio de Cultura (Perú)|Ministerio de Cultura]]|language=es-es}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Salinas, Eduardo|first=Robles, Joel|title=Danzas, música y gallardía en un desfile con sabor a Perú|url=https://larepublica.pe/sociedad/1288085-danzas-musica-gallardia-desfile-sabor-peru|date=30 July 2018|access-date=24 October 2018|work=La República|language=es-es}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Las danzas típicas conquistaron al público en la Gran Parada y Desfile Cívico Militar|url=https://rpp.pe/cultura/mas-cultura/las-danzas-tipicas-conquistaron-al-publico-en-la-gran-parada-y-desfile-civico-militar-fotos-noticia-1139944/20|date=30 July 2018|access-date=24 October 2018|work=RPP|language=es-es}}</ref> and in recent years with Bolivian immigration in Chile, Argentina and other countries. |
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Morenada is one of the most representative dances of Bolivian culture. This importance stands out for the dissemination of dance and music in the patron and civic festivals in different regions of the country. The morenada was declared Cultural Heritage of Bolivia in 2011, through Law No. 135, for its recognized importance at national and national level international.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://gacetaoficialdebolivia.gob.bo/index.php/normas/descargar/139265 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2019-12-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180902220556/http://gacetaoficialdebolivia.gob.bo/index.php/normas/descargar/139265 |archive-date=2018-09-02 |url-status=dead |
Morenada is one of the most representative dances of Bolivian culture. This importance stands out for the dissemination of dance and music in the patron and civic festivals in different regions of the country. The morenada was declared Cultural Heritage of Bolivia in 2011, through Law No. 135, for its recognized importance at national and national level international.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://gacetaoficialdebolivia.gob.bo/index.php/normas/descargar/139265 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2019-12-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180902220556/http://gacetaoficialdebolivia.gob.bo/index.php/normas/descargar/139265 |archive-date=2018-09-02 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In turn, this dance is performed during the [[Carnaval de Oruro]], in honor of the Virgen del Socavón, declared a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO. It can also be performed appreciate mainly in the [[Fiesta del Gran Poder]] of the city of [[La Paz]] also declared Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by the same institution and in all the folkloric entrances that are held in most of the towns, localities, and in many of the neighborhoods of each of the cities of Bolivia ( in the city of La Paz there are at least 246 annual folkloric entries, in each of which the morenada is danced) . |
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In Peru, la morenada is a typical dance in the Peruvian highlands, in the Puno [[region]], and is part of the Feast of the Virgin of La Candelaria, Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.<ref>https://larepublica.pe/archivo/685728-escenificando-el-origen-de-la-morenada-presentaran-fiesta-de-la-candelaria</ref><ref>https://elcomercio.pe/peru/puno/puno-vivio-fiesta-danzas-honor-virgen-candelaria-noticia-496485</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Fernández|first=Carlos|title=Puno vivió fiesta de danzas en honor a la Virgen de la Candelaria|url=https://elcomercio.pe/peru/puno/puno-vivio-fiesta-danzas-honor-virgen-candelaria-noticia-496485|date=11 February 2018|access-date=6 September 2018|work=[[El Comercio (Perú)|El Comercio]]|language=es}}</ref> It is also practiced and disseminated in the departments of Tacna and Moquegua due to the presence of Aymara population.<ref>http://www.diariosinfronteras.pe/2018/07/30/fiesta-de-virgen-de-copacabana-tendra-23-bloques-de-morenadas/</ref> |
In Peru, la morenada is a typical dance in the Peruvian highlands, in the Puno [[region]], and is part of the Feast of the Virgin of La Candelaria, Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.<ref>https://larepublica.pe/archivo/685728-escenificando-el-origen-de-la-morenada-presentaran-fiesta-de-la-candelaria</ref><ref>https://elcomercio.pe/peru/puno/puno-vivio-fiesta-danzas-honor-virgen-candelaria-noticia-496485</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Fernández|first=Carlos|title=Puno vivió fiesta de danzas en honor a la Virgen de la Candelaria|url=https://elcomercio.pe/peru/puno/puno-vivio-fiesta-danzas-honor-virgen-candelaria-noticia-496485|date=11 February 2018|access-date=6 September 2018|work=[[El Comercio (Perú)|El Comercio]]|language=es}}</ref> It is also practiced and disseminated in the departments of Tacna and Moquegua due to the presence of Aymara population.<ref>http://www.diariosinfronteras.pe/2018/07/30/fiesta-de-virgen-de-copacabana-tendra-23-bloques-de-morenadas/</ref> |
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In [[Chile]], the morenada is practiced mainly in the ''Carnaval |
In [[Chile]], the morenada is practiced mainly in the ''Carnaval con la Fuerza del Sol'' in [[Arica]] and cultural organizations, the authorities and the Chilean population recognize and affirm that the morenada is a Bolivian dance of Bolivian origin.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://elpotosi.net/cultura/20190217_reconocen-danzas-de-bolivia-que-se-interpretan-en-chile.html#:~:text=Publicaciones%20de%20medios%20de%20comunicaci%C3%B3n,Sol%2C%20son%20de%20origen%20boliviano.|title=Reconocen danzas de Bolivia que se interpretan en Chile|language=es}}</ref> |
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==Theories about the origin of the dance== |
==Theories about the origin of the dance== |
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===African slavery in Potosí theory=== |
===African slavery in Potosí theory=== |
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[[Image:MorenadaPotosiBolivia1896.jpg|thumb|Morenada dancers in the locality of Caiza [[Potosí]]. Photo taken in [[1896]] by J. F. Fowler.]] |
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The most commonly shared theory says that the dance was inspired by the sufferings of the [[Atlantic slave trade|African slaves]] brought to Bolivia in order to work in the [[Silver Mine]]s of [[Potosí]]. The enormous tongue of the dark masks is meant to represent the physical state of these mines workers and the rattling of the [[Matraca]]s are frequently associated with the rattling of the slaves' chains. However, there is no evidence that these African slaves actually worked in the [[Mining|mines]], although there is much evidence that they worked in the [[National Mint of Bolivia|Casa de la Moneda]] (mint) in the production of [[coin]]s and in [[domestic service]]. |
The most commonly shared theory says that the dance was inspired by the sufferings of the [[Atlantic slave trade|African slaves]] brought to Bolivia in order to work in the [[Silver Mine]]s of [[Potosí]]. The enormous tongue of the dark masks is meant to represent the physical state of these mines workers and the rattling of the [[Matraca]]s are frequently associated with the rattling of the slaves' chains. However, there is no evidence that these African slaves actually worked in the [[Mining|mines]], although there is much evidence that they worked in the [[National Mint of Bolivia|Casa de la Moneda]] (mint) in the production of [[coin]]s and in [[domestic service]]. |
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=== Winemaking in Oruro theory === |
=== Winemaking in Oruro theory === |
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[[Image:MorenadaOruroBolivia1907.jpg|thumb|Morenada dancers at the [[Carnaval de Oruro]], [[Bolivia]] in [[1907]]. To the left, a [[diablada]] dancer.]] |
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A second theory relates the Morenada to the African slaves who settled in the [[Oruro Department|Oruro]] region for [[wine production]]. This theory holds that African slaves made wine in Oruro with grapes collected and transferred from the [[La Paz Department (Bolivia)|La Paz]] valley to be marketed in the mining centers of Oruro. The dance morenada would originate by imitating the treading of the grapes in the Oruro wineries and the barrel-shaped costumes would represent the barrel that contains the wine. At first sight this makes the theory seem extremely unprovable, but the first chants in the Morenada allude to the African slaves who worked in winemaking. In addition, if one goes far enough back in history, one can discover that there were Afro-Bolivians working in vineyards - in other regions, such as [[Chuquisaca Department|Chuquisaca]]. Nowadays there might not be any Afro-Bolivians left where there are wineyards, but when the dance was created, there might have been. |
A second theory relates the Morenada to the African slaves who settled in the [[Oruro Department|Oruro]] region for [[wine production]]. This theory holds that African slaves made wine in Oruro with grapes collected and transferred from the [[La Paz Department (Bolivia)|La Paz]] valley to be marketed in the mining centers of Oruro. The dance morenada would originate by imitating the treading of the grapes in the Oruro wineries and the barrel-shaped costumes would represent the barrel that contains the wine. At first sight this makes the theory seem extremely unprovable, but the first chants in the Morenada allude to the African slaves who worked in winemaking. In addition, if one goes far enough back in history, one can discover that there were Afro-Bolivians working in vineyards - in other regions, such as [[Chuquisaca Department|Chuquisaca]]. Nowadays there might not be any Afro-Bolivians left where there are wineyards, but when the dance was created, there might have been. |
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===African population of the Puno highlands=== |
===African population of the Puno highlands=== |
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[[Image:Morenada_de_Puno_Peru_1939.jpg|thumb|Moreno in the locality of [[Ichu]], [[Puno]] |
[[Image:Morenada_de_Puno_Peru_1939.jpg|thumb|Moreno in the locality of [[Ichu]], [[Puno]] depicting what is believed to be ''Morenada'' dancers between the centuries 19th and 20th.]] |
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In the colonial era of the Viceroyalty of Peru, there is already a black population register in the Puno highlands, as documented in 1602 Ludovico Bertonio, an Italian Jesuit based in Juli, Puno. "To these blacks, the Andean population called them: Ch'ara or yanaruna.58 And to the pronounced geta they had, they said: Lakha llint'a. At the beginning of the 17th century, according to Gonzales Holguín and Bertonio, the Africans were I alluded to them interchangeably as blacks or brunettes.<ref>http://www.losandes.com.pe/Sociedad/20110206/46094.html</ref> |
In the colonial era of the Viceroyalty of Peru, there is already a black population register in the Puno highlands, as documented in 1602 Ludovico Bertonio, an Italian Jesuit based in Juli, Puno. "To these blacks, the Andean population called them: Ch'ara or yanaruna.58 And to the pronounced geta they had, they said: Lakha llint'a. At the beginning of the 17th century, according to Gonzales Holguín and Bertonio, the Africans were I alluded to them interchangeably as blacks or brunettes.<ref>http://www.losandes.com.pe/Sociedad/20110206/46094.html</ref> |
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* “The most sumptuous presentation of brunettes is due in the calendar to the first days of February. It is an indigenous offering to the Virgin of the Candelaria, patron of Puno ”(El Pueblo, 1923) |
* “The most sumptuous presentation of brunettes is due in the calendar to the first days of February. It is an indigenous offering to the Virgin of the Candelaria, patron of Puno ”(El Pueblo, 1923) |
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* “The attendance of numerous“ morenos ”troupes gave the festival a tone of deep joy” (El Eco de Puno, 1932) || col2 =}} |
* “The attendance of numerous“ morenos ”troupes gave the festival a tone of deep joy” (El Eco de Puno, 1932) || col2 =}} |
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==History== |
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In [[1853]] the explorer [[Hugh Algernon Weddell]] in his book ''Voyage dans la Nord de la Bolivie'' described the morenada as a Bolivian dance of mestizo tailors from [[La Paz|La Paz City]]. |
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In [[1868]] the Bolivian newspaper ''"El Republicano de Oruro"'' in the March 1 publication mentions the diablada, morenada, kullawada and chunchos dances, demonstrating that by that year the morenada was already part of the [[Carnaval de Oruro]] dances.<ref>{{cite AV media |people=Fabrizio Cazorla Murillo |date=September 7, 2020 |title=La Danza de la morenada: Simbolismo e historia en Oruro |trans-title= |medium= |language=spanish |url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JdoStEdtH68 |access-date= |archive-url= |archive-date= |format= |time= |location= |publisher=Lunangel|id= |isbn= |oclc= |quote= |ref=}}</ref> |
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The archaeologist [[Max Uhle]] in his handwritten work ''Los bailes de los Aimaras'' describes the morenada as a dance of mestizos or "cholos" who dress up with black masks, indicating that he observed the morenada dance in [[1894]] in three locations in [[La Paz Department (Bolivia)|La Paz Department]] in [[Bolivia]]. In this same manuscript the author also points out that he later saw the same morenada dance in [[Puno]], [[Peru]], in [[1907]]. It is in this work by Uhle that the first historical record of the morenada dance in Peru is found. No historical data has been found on the Morenada dance prior to 1907 in Peru.<ref>{{cite book |last=Uhle |first=Max |author-link= |date= |title=Los bailes de los aimaras |url=https://www.iai.spk-berlin.de/|location=Berlin, Germany |publisher=Preussischer Kulturbesitz. Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut|page= |isbn=|language=spanish}}</ref> |
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==Gallery== |
==Gallery== |
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The Morenada is a folk dance whose origin is discussed. This dance is practiced mainly in Bolivia[1] as well as in Peru[2][3][4] and in recent years with Bolivian immigration in Chile, Argentina and other countries.
Morenada is one of the most representative dances of Bolivian culture. This importance stands out for the dissemination of dance and music in the patron and civic festivals in different regions of the country. The morenada was declared Cultural Heritage of Bolivia in 2011, through Law No. 135, for its recognized importance at national and national level international.[5] In turn, this dance is performed during the Carnaval de Oruro, in honor of the Virgen del Socavón, declared a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO. It can also be performed appreciate mainly in the Fiesta del Gran Poder of the city of La Paz also declared Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by the same institution and in all the folkloric entrances that are held in most of the towns, localities, and in many of the neighborhoods of each of the cities of Bolivia ( in the city of La Paz there are at least 246 annual folkloric entries, in each of which the morenada is danced) .
In Peru, la morenada is a typical dance in the Peruvian highlands, in the Puno region, and is part of the Feast of the Virgin of La Candelaria, Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.[6][7][8] It is also practiced and disseminated in the departments of Tacna and Moquegua due to the presence of Aymara population.[9]
In Chile, the morenada is practiced mainly in the Carnaval con la Fuerza del Sol in Arica and cultural organizations, the authorities and the Chilean population recognize and affirm that the morenada is a Bolivian dance of Bolivian origin.[10]
Theories about the origin of the dance
Dance whose origin dates back to the colonial era and is inspired by the slave trade, from the transfer of blacks brought by the Spanish conquerors to work as workers in the silver mines in the Viceroyalty of Peru, recently initiated by the Aymara dressed up as blacks and representing characters like the caporal and the black troop. The "morenos" dance evokes the days of the colony. He was born precisely in the brotherhoods of slaves from Africa who mocked the dances of the white lords.
Then, the dance of the "morenos", changes its name in a historical process of acceptance of it, towards all social classes in Oruro, Bolivia. Such is the case of the "Comparsa de Morenos de los Veleros" born in 1913 and "Comparsa de los Morenos" of 1924 founded by Aymara migrant families and that come from the ancient dancers of the "comparsa de morenos" of the mid-century XIX, finally adopts the name of Morenada in 1950 and 1954, respectively.
African slavery in Potosí theory
The most commonly shared theory says that the dance was inspired by the sufferings of the African slaves brought to Bolivia in order to work in the Silver Mines of Potosí. The enormous tongue of the dark masks is meant to represent the physical state of these mines workers and the rattling of the Matracas are frequently associated with the rattling of the slaves' chains. However, there is no evidence that these African slaves actually worked in the mines, although there is much evidence that they worked in the Casa de la Moneda (mint) in the production of coins and in domestic service.
Winemaking in Oruro theory
A second theory relates the Morenada to the African slaves who settled in the Oruro region for wine production. This theory holds that African slaves made wine in Oruro with grapes collected and transferred from the La Paz valley to be marketed in the mining centers of Oruro. The dance morenada would originate by imitating the treading of the grapes in the Oruro wineries and the barrel-shaped costumes would represent the barrel that contains the wine. At first sight this makes the theory seem extremely unprovable, but the first chants in the Morenada allude to the African slaves who worked in winemaking. In addition, if one goes far enough back in history, one can discover that there were Afro-Bolivians working in vineyards - in other regions, such as Chuquisaca. Nowadays there might not be any Afro-Bolivians left where there are wineyards, but when the dance was created, there might have been.
Cave paintings in La Paz theory
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The third theory relates the Morenada to the Aymara people from the La Paz. Places such as Achacachi claim to be the place of origin of the "Fish Dance", as the Morenada in this region also is called. Some murals about 200–300 years old were found in the region, showing Morenada dancers and there still is a strong tradition of making elaborately embroidered Morenada costumes.
African population of the Puno highlands
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Morenada_de_Puno_Peru_1939.jpg/220px-Morenada_de_Puno_Peru_1939.jpg)
In the colonial era of the Viceroyalty of Peru, there is already a black population register in the Puno highlands, as documented in 1602 Ludovico Bertonio, an Italian Jesuit based in Juli, Puno. "To these blacks, the Andean population called them: Ch'ara or yanaruna.58 And to the pronounced geta they had, they said: Lakha llint'a. At the beginning of the 17th century, according to Gonzales Holguín and Bertonio, the Africans were I alluded to them interchangeably as blacks or brunettes.[11]
Another hypothesis comes from the Department of Puno in Peru, on the shores of Lake Titicaca (Puno). At the beginning of the 20th century, the presence of brunettes in devotion to the Virgen de la Candelaria is described in newspapers of the time:
- "Yesterday ... Three games of brunettes and numerous indigenous, have traveled the streets of the town" (El Eco de Puno, 1912)
- "From this morning they continue to travel the streets, the moorings, doing the usual home visits" (El Eco de Puno, 1916)
- “The most sumptuous presentation of brunettes is due in the calendar to the first days of February. It is an indigenous offering to the Virgin of the Candelaria, patron of Puno ”(El Pueblo, 1923)
- “The attendance of numerous“ morenos ”troupes gave the festival a tone of deep joy” (El Eco de Puno, 1932)
Gallery
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Morenada mask showing exaggerated features to represent the physical state.
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Morenada parade at the Oruro Carnival, 2012
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Morenada Bellavista parade at the Puno Candelaria, 2013
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Morenada Laykakota parade at the Puno Candelaria, 2011
References
- ^ Ministerio de Culturas y Turismo (29 August 2018). "La Morenada Patrimonio Cultural de Bolivia". Archived from the original on 27 September 2018. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
- ^ "Danzas folclóricas se lucen por primera vez en el desfile de Fiestas Patrias del Perú". Ministerio de Cultura (in European Spanish). 29 July 2018. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
- ^ Salinas, Eduardo, Robles, Joel (30 July 2018). "Danzas, música y gallardía en un desfile con sabor a Perú". La República (in European Spanish). Retrieved 24 October 2018.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Las danzas típicas conquistaron al público en la Gran Parada y Desfile Cívico Militar". RPP (in European Spanish). 30 July 2018. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-09-02. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ https://larepublica.pe/archivo/685728-escenificando-el-origen-de-la-morenada-presentaran-fiesta-de-la-candelaria
- ^ https://elcomercio.pe/peru/puno/puno-vivio-fiesta-danzas-honor-virgen-candelaria-noticia-496485
- ^ Fernández, Carlos (11 February 2018). "Puno vivió fiesta de danzas en honor a la Virgen de la Candelaria". El Comercio (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 September 2018.
- ^ http://www.diariosinfronteras.pe/2018/07/30/fiesta-de-virgen-de-copacabana-tendra-23-bloques-de-morenadas/
- ^ "Reconocen danzas de Bolivia que se interpretan en Chile" (in Spanish).
- ^ http://www.losandes.com.pe/Sociedad/20110206/46094.html