Criollan Music: The History

Criolla Music is a category of Peruvian music that combines mainly African, Spanish and Andean influences. Afro-Peruvian music was first created by African slaves in Peru during the Colonial Period and beyond. The rhythms include Festejo, Landó, Socabon, Pregon, Zamacueca, and Alcatraz. Many of those were played with a mixture of Spanish and Indian instruments and used the Spanish coplas as lyrics. They were practiced only in private black gatherings until the 1950s, when efforts of some scholars studying the Peruvian community, such as Nicomedes Santa Cruz, Victoria Santa Cruz and Jose Durand, compiled songs and dances after struggling with racism and poor recognition. Interpreters such as Lucila Campos, Caitro Soto, Susana Baca, Eva Ayllon, and the Peru Negro dance company, among others, have brought these genres to the world's attention.

The most popular genre of música criolla in Perú is the marinera, often called the national dance of Perú. Other main genres are Peruvian vals and tondero, festejo, polka, zamacueca, coplas de amor fino, and landó. Peru's national "Day of the Criollan Song" (Día de la Canción Criolla) takes place on October 31.

Come to Lima and get in to PeruBeat Bus.

Once you get in Lima, You should visit Lima Downtown at night, but not walking, what about in a bus?, but not any bus on PeruBeat Bus. You can feel the criollan pleasure inside the bus. The criollan show live, the snacks, drinks and and the atmosphere of the Lima downtown at night. You will feel this kind of pleasure for Sure.

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THE AMAZING EVA AYLLON WITH HER SHOW.

Some Criollan Music: Que no me quema !

CHECK THIS FLASH MOB ABOUT PERUVIAN MUSIC IN CHICAGO !

All the peruvian music and also de criollan music are around the world.   Would you like to dance like that?

Lima: ''THE CITY OF KINGS''

Lima  is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín rivers, in the central part of the country, on a desert coast overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Together with the seaport of Callao, it forms a contiguous urban area known as the Lima Metropolitan Area. With a population approaching 9 million, Lima is the most populous metropolitan area of Peru, and the fourth largest city in the Americas (as defined by "city proper"), behind São Paulo, Mexico City, and New York City. Lima is home to one of the largest financial hubs in Latin America. It has been defined as a beta world city by GaWC international ranking.
Lima was founded by Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro on January 18, 1535, as la Ciudad de los Reyes, or "the City of Kings". It became the capital and most important city in the Spanish Viceroyalty of Peru. Following the Peruvian War of Independence, it became the capital of the Republic of Peru. Today, around one-third of the Peruvian population lives in the metropolitan area.

Lima is home to one of the oldest higher learning institutions in the New World. The National University of San Marcos, founded on May 12, 1551 during Spanish colonial regime, is the oldest continuously functioning university in the Americas.

Welcome to Criollan Night!

This blog was created to talk about everything relate to the criollan music (peruvian music). If you're a lover of this kind of music you, you cannot  miss out this blog. We can start this blog with the video of PeruBeat. This service offers you a criollan night show inside a bus.