Friday, June 22, 2007
Canary Island Folk Dancers
The UK has Morris Dancers, country dancers, line dancing even and the Canary Islands have this:
Link to video
Although I have no reference to back this up, similarities between the Morris Dance - the root of which may well have been "moorish dance" or "moresco" in Spain - and the folk dancing here, may not be merely coincidental.
Whilst this display was filmed in Gran Canaria, here is a performace of a Folia (that's the type of song) from the Agrupacion Folklorica Tajaraste from Tenerife. This clip, also featuring Tajaraste, filmed outdoors at El Fraile, really shows off the costumes and here you can see a demonstration of an Isa canaria (that's another type of music and dance).
