By Roberto Beltran, Kapolei
Latin music and dance originated in the Mexican Indian Civilizations and late by the Inca Civilizations in Peru. The basics were pretty well established by the time the first illegal aliens arrived. The Spanish lower classes were the first modifiers of the Indian basic but very little during the 1500s. Later on the French, English and Dutch has some influence in their sectors.The slaves that arrived later learned everything from watching the Indians dancing and hearing their music. Because they had no common culture of their own.
North African slaves couldn't even converse with South Africa. And the same holds true for East Africa and West Africa. But in the Americas they could all learn from birth, the new culture in the Americas,which included the new languages. Yes, it was modified, but by the Europeans mostly from the very beginning. But only the very low class Europeans. The black slaves were captured relatively young and had little culture compared to the Indians in their thirties and forties. But they could learn and they learned it very well.
Latin music and dance originated in the Mexican Indian Civilizations and late by the Inca Civilizations in Peru. The basics were pretty well established by the time the first illegal aliens arrived. The Spanish lower classes were the first modifiers of the Indian basic but very little during the 1500s. Later on the French, English and Dutch has some influence in their sectors.The slaves that arrived later learned everything from watching the Indians dancing and hearing their music. Because they had no common culture of their own.
"Social dancers believe that in the beginning, they start learning and moving towards it.
It is only a dream but their feet will begin to have the quality of dance.”
It is only a dream but their feet will begin to have the quality of dance.”
North African slaves couldn't even converse with South Africa. And the same holds true for East Africa and West Africa. But in the Americas they could all learn from birth, the new culture in the Americas,which included the new languages. Yes, it was modified, but by the Europeans mostly from the very beginning. But only the very low class Europeans. The black slaves were captured relatively young and had little culture compared to the Indians in their thirties and forties. But they could learn and they learned it very well.
"Contigo A La Distancia" por Takeo Murata.
Rumba, with a quick, quick, slow developed fairly early to the four count measure. The quick, quick being done in a rock step. The four count was accented on the two and the dancers "broke" on the two. That is they went forward on either foot and rocked back on the 3. That was "inherited" by the natives of the Caribbean 2000 years ago. Many different dances with the rock step and a slow were develop on the islands according to the Europeans in charge of the island. The newly freed slaves fourth and fifth generation, had some ideas of their own in the late 1800s.
“Our music may not need the language of words for it has
movements of our dance to do its translation.”
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