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Paraguay. Basic Data. Name: República de Paraguay Location: South America (in the middle ) Population: 6.340.000 Official languages: Spanish and Guaraní Capital: Asunción. Epoch Dance.
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Basic Data • Name: República de Paraguay • Location: South America (in the middle ) • Population: 6.340.000 • Official languages: Spanish and Guaraní • Capital: Asunción
Epoch Dance • Dances that came from Europe in the 18th and 19th centuries and were danced by the higher classes. Ie: Waltz, Mazurka, etc.
Popular Dance • Adaptations of the Epoch dances made by the lower classes.
Folklorical Dance • Allegorical dances that: • Represent elements of daily life in colonial times, for example: the water-women and the ñanduti weaver. • Imitate the behavior of animals, mostly birds.