Ms. ANA MILENA CASTILLO

CLASS

PRACTICAL WORKSHOP OF CUMBIA DANCE.

IT IS THE MOST REPRESENTATIVE DANCE OF COLOMBIA.

CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF THE VALLE

FACULTY OF EDUCATION SCIENCES

TULUÁ

2017

THE HISTORICAL REVIEW OF CUMBIA

The cumbia is a musical rhythm and traditional folkloric dance of Colombia.1 2 It has contents of three cultural slopes, mainly African and indigenous black and, to a lesser extent, white (Spanish), being fruit of the long and intense mestizaje between these cultures during the Conquest and the Colony.

The researcher Guillermo Abadía Morales in his Compendio del folclor colombiano, volume 3, # 7, published in 1962, states that "this explains the origin in the zamba conjugation of the musical air by the fusion of the melancholic indigenous pipe flute or cane Millo.

That is to say, Tolo or Kuisí, of the Cuna and Koguis ethnic groups, respectively, and the joyful and impetuous resonance of the African drum.

The ethnographic city hall has been symbolized in the different roles that correspond in the dance of cumbia to each sex " .3 The presence of these cultural elements can be seen as follows:

In the instrumentation are the drums of black African origin; The maracas, the gouache and the whistles (cane mille and bagpipes) of indigenous origin; While the songs and coplas are contributions of Spanish poetry, although adapted later.

Presence of sensual movements, markedly gallant, seductive, characteristic of dances of African origin.

The dresses have clear Spanish features: long polleras, lace, sequins, candongas, and the same flower headdresses and intense makeup on women; Shirt and white trousers, red handkerchief knotted to the neck and hat in the men.

From the 1940s, commercial or modern cumbia expanded to the rest of Latin America, after which it became popular throughout the continent following different commercial adaptations, such as the Argentine cumbia, the Bolivian cumbia, the Chilean cumbia, the cumbia Dominicana, cumbia ecuatoriana, cumbia mexicana, cumbia peruana, cumbia el salvador, cumbia uruguay and cumbia venezolana

ORIGIN OF THE CUMBIA

The sociologist Adolfo González Henríquez, in his work "The music of the Colombian Caribbean during the war of independence and beginnings of the Republic", 11 includes a text of the Admiral Jose Prudencio Padilla that registers the cumbiambas and bagpipes indigenous during the celebration of San Juan Bautista In the neighboring town of Arjona, a few days before the naval battle that took place in the Bay of the Souls of Cartagena de Indias between the last Spanish redoubts and the republican army, a military confrontation that sealed the independence of Colombia: 12

ATTIRE OF THE CUMBIA

Women wear wide skirts and two styles of blouses: the closed, three-quarter sleeves with ruffles, which are also present at the top of the blouse, which falls about 50 centimeters from the shoulder. From the back it is notched at the waist and totally loose ahead. In warm climates, another type of low-cut blouse is worn with a large steering wheel around the shoulders and at the waist is attached to the skirt.

The woman is holding one or several bundles of lighted candles in her arm (they used to use tufts, which are common in public holidays), with which she illuminates and at the same time defends herself at the insistence of man. In the head they carry bouquets of cayenne and collars necks of varied colors.

Men always wear white trousers and shirts. The shirt is of round neck, with adorned chest and long sleeves of closed fist. The pants are knotted in the back. In addition, the men wore a red handkerchief around their necks, a cowboy hat, a backpack, and a cover without a machete to the belt.

Practical workshop of cumbia dance. It is the most representative dance of Colombia.
Teaching method: Micro-education
Initial phase 5 minutes	Description: the historical review of cumbia General warm-up: in subgroups, where they must perform an aerobic routine to facilitate the adaptation of the organism, where the cardiovascular and respiratory system is activated, as well as the activation of the locomotor apparatus.
Central phase 20 minutes	Teaching the basic step of cumbia Figures of the cumbia like: ochos, turns, shoulder to shoulder, conquest of the man to the woman, rows, divergence and convergence. Circle. Teaching technique through different recreational resources.
Final phase 5 minutes	Back to the calm Evaluation of the activity.
Total time	30 minutes. The practical workshop of cumbia dance
10 minutes.	Presentation of my work in a video