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Portuguese folk dance
The
corridinho
is a form of
Portuguese
folk dance, namely in the
Algarve
[1]
[2]
region. The origin of the dance itself is unclear and believed older, although it gained popularity in the 1800s. The name derives from
correr
,
[3]
to run
which partly describes this type of dance.
The dance was performed in a round (
danca de roda
) in the open air. The oldest musical instruments recorded were small
flutes
or fifes (
pifaro
[4]
) and
harmonicas
, (
harmonica
[5]
) until the
accordion
was implemented and dominated ever since.
[6]
Corridinho has left a legacy and is still popular in some former Portuguese colonies like
Goa
,
[7]
Daman and Diu
,
Dadra and Nagar Haveli
,
Mangalore
in India and a small part of
Ceylon
(Sri Lanka) where it is called
Baila
.
[8]
In
Macau
[9]
China, it is known as Portuguese-Macaense folk dance.
[10]
The
Branyo
, a folk dance of the
Kristang people
in Malaysia, derives from the Corridinho, and further developed into the popular Malay
Joget
dance.
[11]
In Portugal today, the dance is mainly found in the southern region of
Faro
in the Algarve
[12]
and is often performed by the
ranchos folcloricos
(folk groups) as part of the municipality's tourist attraction.
[13]
The corridinho is considered a product of history and performance that represent Algarvian contexts (e.g. Algarve life depicted in plain sound and loud talking).
[14]
It is
danced
by couples who always move together. They form a circle with the girls inside and the boys on the outside. By rotating the circle, the pairs move side by side. Corridinho is composed of three parts: o corrido, o rodado e an escovinha (the run, the rotation, and cropped). The "Run" starts with a circle, made up of pairs of men and women. When the music starts, the pairs begin to spin. To start the "Rotation", the beat gets more lively and intense, the pairs begin to perform a "fast-paced
waltz
". When said is done, the dancers return to their original positions and can either end there or continue. The "Cropped" is a shorter version of the dance done again after a complete round cycle.
Although bearing some resemblance to the
polka
and
mazurka
,
[15]
corridinho is a very traditional Portuguese dance where people challenge each other's fitness and enjoy social entertainment in groups.
References
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"Corridinho e Baile Mandado no Algarve"
. 11 September 2018.
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Sardo, Susana (January 2009).
"(PDF) Musica Popular e diferencas regionais | Susana Sardo - Academia.edu"
.
Raizes e Estruturas. Colecao Portugal Intercultural
.
- ^
"Traducao de correr para ingles"
.
- ^
"Pifaro"
.
- ^
"Harmonica"
.
- ^
https://sapientia.ualg.pt/bitstream/10400.1/933/1/Raimundo%20%26%20Vieira_Musica%20Tradicional%20no%20Algarve_atas%2C6°CongressoAlgarve%2C1990.pdf
[
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]
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Pinto, Jerry (2006).
Reflected in Water: Writings on Goa
. New Delhi: Penguin Books India. p. 17.
ISBN
9780143100812
.
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"What the Portuguese Left Behind: The Cultural Influence of the First Colonials"
.
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"DMC Macau | Destination Management Macau | Asia Top MICE destination"
.
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Rosa, Fernando (14 October 2015).
The Portuguese in the Creole Indian Ocean: Essays in Historical Cosmopolitanism
. Springer.
ISBN
9781137566263
.
- ^
Sarkissian, Margaret (15 December 2000).
D'Albuquerque's Children: Performing Tradition in Malaysia's Portuguese Settlement
. University of Chicago Press.
ISBN
9780226734989
.
- ^
"Corridinho"
.
- ^
Rice, Timothy; Porter, James; Goertzen, Chris (2017-09-25).
The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: Europe
. Routledge.
ISBN
9781351544269
.
- ^
Correia, Antonia; Kozak, Metin; Gnoth, Juergen; Fyall, Alan (2017).
Co-Creation and Well-Being in Tourism
. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. p. 187.
ISBN
9783319441078
.
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"Corridinho"
. 16 December 2014.
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