HUAPANGOS TAMAULIPECOS

Before the Spanish conquest, the "Huasteques", ethically related to the Mays, lived in the actual states of Hidalgo, San Luis Potosi and the northem part of Veracruz.
The "Son Huasteco" is a cross-breeder music expressing the cheerfulness and romanticism of the people of these regions.
Instrumental and vocal, destined to be danced, this "Son" is accompanied by a rustic violin, a low-pitched register and the "Jarana" with a high one.
The slapping of the guitar is a technical that comes from the "golden Spanish century", as for the violin it is a popularised version of baroque "savante" music at the time of the colonialism. The use of the high-voice "falcete" is remarkable.
The popular dance of this region, "Le Huapango" which means in NAHUATL, "on stage" is practised on a wooden base in order to accentuate the rhythm given by the dancers feet.

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