Cueca
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Cueca is a family of musical styles and associated dances in which 'the dancers, who carry a handkerchief in their right hand, trace circular figures, with turns and half-turns, interrupted by various
A couple dancing Cueca at Palacio de La Moneda during El Dieciocho
People dancing Cueca in 1906
La Zamacueca, by Manuel Antonio Caro
Youth dance group, Santiago
Chile
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Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the Southern Cone of southwestern South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, extending along a n
Cueca
…theories or schools of thought regarding its provenance and evolution. It is danced "under more or less different names", from Colombia to Argentina, Chile, and Bolivia, and it has different varieties, both in rhythm and choreography, depending on the regions and the periods; "the only thing that differentiates…
The Chinchorro mummies, the oldest of which are from around 5050 BCE
Pedro Lira's 1888 painting of the founding of Santiago by Pedro de Valdivia at Huelén Hill
Generals José de San Martín (left) and Bernardo O'Higgins (right) during the crossing of the Andes
The Battle of Iquique on 21 May 1879. The victory of Chile in the War of the Pacific allowed its expansion into new territories.