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Exploring Guanacaste Folk Music in Costa Rica

Discover the vibrant world of Guanacaste folk music in Costa Rica, found in the Northwestern part bordering Nicaragua. Learn about the unique instruments like marimba, quijongo, chirimia, and ocarina. Experience the lively rhythms and traditional songs and dances such as Punto Guanacasteco and Luna Liberiana. Immerse yourself in this cultural journey through music.

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Exploring Guanacaste Folk Music in Costa Rica

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  1. Costa Rica • Folk Music

  2. Geography • Guanacaste is the home of Carribean folk music • Found in the Peninsula of Nicoya • Northwestern part of Costa Rica bordering Nicaragua

  3. Costa Rica

  4. Costa Rica Regions

  5. Peninsula of Nicoya

  6. Instruments • Marimba • Quijongo • Chirimia • Ocarina

  7. Instruments: Marimba Percussion Xlylophone-like Wooden Mallet Resonator Piano Arrangement Africa

  8. Instruments: Quijongo Bow 140cm Strings Jicara or Calabaza Stick or Pluck Soundhole

  9. Instruments: Chirimia Oboe 5-6 finger holes Reed Diatonic Scale Harmonies Announce

  10. Instruments: Ocarina Flute-like Wind 4-2 finger holes Labium Cavity Resonator iOcarina?

  11. Rhythms • Sinkit • African insprired • commonly compared to calypso • Andean pena • entertainment rhythm • Rhythms are “prominent and vigorous”

  12. Punto Guanacasteco

  13. Palmira de Canas

  14. Songs and Dances • Pampa • Luna Liberiana • Amor de Temporada • Danza del Sol • Danza de la Luna

  15. Image Sources • http://drivemeloco.com/dml-guide/images/stories/CentralAmericaMap.jpg • http://www.1-costaricalink.com/costa_rica_images/costa_rica_provinces.gif • http://www.thedoctorweighsin.com/storage/map_nicoya_peninsula.jpg • http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/GuatemalanMarimbaGourds.JPG/250px-GuatemalanMarimbaGourds.JPG • http://www.grupotiquicia.org/images/quijongo.jpg • http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tGOV4qBdoe4/Rpz1m5WC04I/AAAAAAAADGc/bXxVPOtr9mQ/s400/MCN+-+Quijongo.jpg • http://www.chirimiasybajones.com/chirimia/chirs.jpg • SC24725.fpx&obj=iip,1.0&wid=400&cvt=jpeg • http://www.barakatgallery.com/Auction/ItemImgs/ACF15D8.jpg • http://www.iphonehacks.com/images/08-Nov/Ocarinas.jpg

  16. Bibliography • http://www.costaricatraveller.com/about_costa_rica/music.htm • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Costa_Rica • http://www.costarica.com/culture/costa-rican-music/ • http://www.whatcostarica.com/costa-rica-music.html • http://www.whatcostarica.com/guanacaste-costa-rica.html • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quijongo • http://www.uv.mx/popularte/flash/scriptphplen.php?sid=196&len=In • http://www.adventure-life.com/articles/andean-music-dance-54 • http://www.jstor.org/stable/780075?seq=2

  17. Video Sources • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taeVSxPN8rE&feature=related • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXp4UKWWe-o&feature=related

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