Music

Dances

-The Traditional Paraguayan Bottle Dance is the only individual dance.

-It requires excellent balance and dancers carry 8 to 14 bottles superimposed on their heads.

-The dance represents elegance and skill.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3rlikdV9UQ

Dances

-Paraguayan Polka is danced by linking arms.

-The pairs can unlock momentarily to make shapes

-It is danced in ballrooms and on village dance floors or under the shades of houses.

Art

-Edith Jiménez had her first individual painting exposition in the Agustin Barrios Gallery in the “Centro Cultural Paraguayo Americano”.

Music

-The most popular type of music style is Guarania. It has a sad, slow feel.

-It was developed in 1925. It is mostly practiced in more urban areas of Paraguay.

Music

Art

-Paraguayan Polka was created in the 19th century and is much different than traditional polka.

- It is danced in ballrooms and on village dance floors or under the shades of houses.

-Olga Blinder was a Paraguayan painter and sculptor.She taught arts and creative education for over 30 years.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPkKkoHteDc

Citations

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Edgargaleano. "Guarania - Panambi Vera - (Jose Asuncion Flores)." YouTube. YouTube, 2009. Web. 02 Nov. 2016.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3rlikdV9UQ

http://gaelart.blogspot.com/2010/08/social-realism-paraguay-art.html

https://totalparaguay.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPkKkoHteDc

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Music/Fine Arts in Paraguay