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PO¡A bailar for Chile’s Independence Day!💃🏽 The national dance of Chile is called the Cueca.🇨🇱
The Cueca has African and Indigenous cultural roots and was officially declared the national dance of Chile in September 1979. The Cueca is a take on the romance between a chicken and a rooster.🐓 The dancers wave pañuelos (handkerchiefs) above their heads during the dance and can often symbolize the feathers of the bird or the rooster’s comb. Today, many other Latin American countries also dance cuecas and although the instrumentation varies, cuecas are a part of our community’s rich and diverse cultura.❤️
Feliz Día de Independencia, Chile!🇨🇱 #Poderistas #LatinxHeritageMonth #LatinoHeritageMonth #LatineHeritageMonth #HispanicHeritageMonth
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