joropo
Sign in to saveright|thumb|250px|Street musicians in Caracas play joropo on the Venezuelan arpa right|thumb|250px|Interpretation of joropo in Caracas, Venezuela
Key facts
- Music genre.name
- Joropo
- Music genre.image
- Dario Robayo.jpg
- Music genre.image_size
- 200px
- Music genre.caption
- thumb|200px|center|Instrumental excerpt of Alma Llanera, considered the second national anthem of Venezuela.
- Music genre.stylistic_origins
- Arabic melismatic music, cante jondo, Spanish folklore
- Music genre.cultural_origins
- 18th century, Colombia's and Venezuela's region Llanos
- Music genre.instruments
- Harp, cuatro venezolano, capachos or maracas, bandola, mandolin, tiple, bandolón, guitar and guacharaca
- Music genre.subgenres
- Romantic Joropo, Creole Joropo, Alternative Joropo
- Intangible heritage.Name
- Joropo in Venezuela
- Intangible heritage.Country
- Venezuela
- Intangible heritage.ID
- 02092
- Intangible heritage.Region
- LAC
- Intangible heritage.Year
- 2025
- Intangible heritage.Session
- 20th
- Intangible heritage.List
- Representative
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
15 sectionsContents
- Venezuela
- Tuyero
- Eastern joropo
- Guayanés joropo
- Golpe tocuyano or larense joropo
- Quirpa
- Joropo llanero
- Colombia
- Llanos orientales
- Dancing
- Evolution and more refined forms
- See also
- Sources
- References
- External links
right|thumb|250px|Street musicians in Caracas play joropo on the Venezuelan arpa right|thumb|250px|Interpretation of joropo in Caracas, Venezuela
The joropo, better known as Música Llanera, is a musical style resembling the fandango, and an accompanying dance. It originated in the Llanos of Colombia and Venezuela 300 years ago and it has African, European and Native South American influences. There are different joropo variants: tuyero, oriental, and llanero. It is a fundamental genre of Venezuelan música criolla. It is also the most popular "folk rhythm": the well-known song "Alma Llanera" is a joropo, considered the unofficial national anthem of Venezuela.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “joropo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.