After the arrival of the first illegals in 1492, the first two centuries were a time of development. Towns and cities, and the NEW Spanish and Indian (Mestizo) mix of half, quarter, eighths and various combinations. The Spanish were in control and they led and the Mestizo followed. The villages remained pretty much Indian. And there was a fusion of little Spanish bits and pieces into the local Indian styles. But with Ten Million original inhabitants you are not going to make any big changes to their regular culture.
But it is quite certain that by the 1600s, there was a distinct culture evolving. There were some that were the great, great grand children of the original Mestizos. This new fusion was applied specially in music and dance, developing throughout the entire Latin Sector. It was based solidly on the Indian music and dance but it gradually acquired new instruments and became somewhat modified by the Spanish influence, this slow Fusion was more in the big towns and cities that were developing. Much of it in Mexico because of the highly developed civilizations that had been in place.
The Negros were still slaves but now as they became third and fourth generation they had seen Indian dancing and that is what they learned. They were originally from different parts of Africa and different cultures, so they had no common traditions. They liked and learn the Indian music and danced very well indeed and any changes that were made were not based on old African traditions. By the end of the 1600s the name Latin emerged out of nowhere, but mostly applied by outsiders. Latin music for the new music, and Latin dancing for the new dancing. And by the end of the 1700s, the new people were vaguely Latin, but the distinction was very subtle but there it was and it still had nothing to do with Latin.
"Social dancers believe that dance is for everybody. Dance came from the people
and it should always belong to the people."
But it is quite certain that by the 1600s, there was a distinct culture evolving. There were some that were the great, great grand children of the original Mestizos. This new fusion was applied specially in music and dance, developing throughout the entire Latin Sector. It was based solidly on the Indian music and dance but it gradually acquired new instruments and became somewhat modified by the Spanish influence, this slow Fusion was more in the big towns and cities that were developing. Much of it in Mexico because of the highly developed civilizations that had been in place.
"Moliendo Cafe" por Azucar Moreno
The Negros were still slaves but now as they became third and fourth generation they had seen Indian dancing and that is what they learned. They were originally from different parts of Africa and different cultures, so they had no common traditions. They liked and learn the Indian music and danced very well indeed and any changes that were made were not based on old African traditions. By the end of the 1600s the name Latin emerged out of nowhere, but mostly applied by outsiders. Latin music for the new music, and Latin dancing for the new dancing. And by the end of the 1700s, the new people were vaguely Latin, but the distinction was very subtle but there it was and it still had nothing to do with Latin.
"There are a terrible lot of lies evolving about history,
and the worst of it is that half of them are true."
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