NACIONAL IDENTITY:

CRIOLLA MUSIC DAY

Although

hundreds

of children

celebrate

Halloween

by

collecting

candy door

to door,

a large

number of

Peruvians

celebrate

the

National

Day of

Criolla

Music, a

Peruvian

genre of

music

Wich

combines

mainly

African,

Spanish

and

Andean

influences.

Every year

Peruvian

celebrate

Day of

Criolla

Music on

October 31

It started back in 1944, when the Peruvian government

announced that on this day a special celebration

wich is part of Peruvian folklore.

Throughout Latin America, the term “criolla”

originally refered

to the descendants of Spanish settlers, but it

eventually became local.

In the case of Perú, it designates the people and

culture of the coastal region and of Lima in

particular.

It was on the coast that the Spaniards that founded

their capital, where most of their settlement was

concentrated and where their culture took deepest

root.

The most

popular style

of Peru’s

“criolla”

music is the

Marinera, said

to be the

national

dance of Peru

Other main

genres are The

Peruvian Walts

Tondero

Festejo

Polka

Zamacueca

Landó

among other traditional dances.

WHEN STARTED TO CELEBRATE

CRIOLLA MUSIC DAY AND WHEN IS IT

CELEBRATED?

WHEN STARTED TO CELEBRATE CRIOLLA MUSIC

DAY AND WHEN IS IT CELEBRATED?

The Criolla Music Day started

back in 1944, and it

celebrates on October 31.

WHICH IS THE MOST POPULAR STYLE

OF PERÚ’S CRIOLLA MUSIC?

WHICH IS THE MOST POPULAR STYLE OF

PERÚ’S CRIOLLA MUSIC?

The most popular style of

Perú’s Criolla Music is the

Marinera, said to be the

national dance of Perú.

WHERE DID THE SPANIARDS FOUND

THEIR CAPITAL?

WHERE DID THE SPANIARDS FOUND THEIR

CAPITAL?

They founded their capital in

the coastal region, specifically

in Lima, on January 18, 1535.