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Cha-Cha; Origin and History
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Traditional Costumes
History of Cha Cha
Women:
- multi-layered ruffles and often bare midriff
Men:
- deep v-necks,interesting accents, and pops of color to accentuate the female's costume.
Cha Cha Venues
- Weddings
- Late night clubs
- Ballroom dancing
Contemporary Costumes
- In the Islands of the West Indies, some plants have seeds that are used to make a rattle called cha cha.
- In Haiti,voodoo band consists of of 3 drums, a bell, and the leader uses a cha cha as a metronome.
- Developed by Enrique Jorrin in Havana around 1953
- Not as attention-grabbing
- still ruffles or movable fabric
- deep v-necks
Geography
Cha Cha:the dance
- Has roots in religious rituals of the West Indies
- Derived from 2 dances: the Mambo and Swing
- In Mambo tempo,there is a distinct sound called the "Triple" Mambo step(chachacha)
- Cha-Cha-Cha is an onomatopeia
People
- flat/hills
- Sierra Maestra
- little inland lakes
- Spanish descent, African descent, mullatos and chinese
- a melting pot
- religious freedom: roman catholics and voodoo
Economy
- suffering
- oil subsidies
- monetary, trade, investment freedom,
Government
The Cha-Cha
originated in Cuba
- Communism
- General Raul Castro
- PCC, or Partido Comunisto de Cuba
Culture/Lifestyle
- What is Cuba like?
- Food
- Women
- What do baseball, ballet, and music all have in common? (Hint: they are available to all!)
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