Polka
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Polka is a dance style and genre of dance music in 24 originating in nineteenth-century Bohemia, now part of the Czech Republic. Though generally associated with Czech and Central European culture, po
A polka dance
Street musicians in Prague playing a polka
Polka, c. 1840
People dancing polka in Tampere, Finland in 2006
Norteño (music)
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Norteño or norteña, also música norteña, is a subgenre of regional Mexican music. The music is most often based on duple and triple metre and its lyrics often deal with socially relevant topics, altho
Polka
…with a tuba and banjo, and has roots in the American Midwest. "Conjunto-style" polkas have roots in northern Mexico and Texas, and are also called "Norteño". Traditional dances from this region reflect the influence of polka-dancing European immigrants from 1800s. In the 1980s and 1990s, several American…
A traditional Norteño ensemble: accordion, bajo sexto and tololoche
Ramon Ayala, a norteño musician known as the "King of the Accordion"
Los Tigres del Norte performing at a Californian casino in 2006
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